Dickenson Me Medicine vs. We Medicine

Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53441-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Dickenson, Donna

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. A Reality Check for Personalized Medicine
2. "Your Genetic Information Should Be Controlled by You": Personalized Genetic Testing
3. Pharmacogenetics: One Patient
4. "Your Birth Day Gift": Banking Cord Blood
5. Enhancement Technologies: Feeling More Like Myself
6. "The Ancient, Useless, Dangerous, and Filthy Rite of Vaccination": Public Health
7. Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Leseproben

Read an excerpt from the chapter, "A Reality Check for Personalized Medicine":

Über Autor(innen)

Donna Dickenson is emeritus professor of medical ethics and humanities at the University of London and research associate at the Centre for Health, Law, and Emerging Technologies at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Body Shopping: Converting Body Parts to Profit, and has won the prestigious International Spinoza Lens award for her contribution to public debate on ethics.