What's in a name? Where's the person in personalized medicine?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20416/lsrsps.v4i2.893

Keywords:

personalization, person, genomics, ethics, pharmacogenetics, stratification

Abstract

Medicine is said to be moving rapidly down the road towards personalization, but it is not entirely clear how we are to understand this term, or its implications for ethics. In understanding the concept of personalized medicine there are multiple possible interpretations of ‘personalization’ at stake. These may in turn presuppose different concepts of ‘person’, with resulting variations in the ethical implications.

Author Biography

  • Ruth Felicity Chadwick, University of Manchester

    Professor of Bioethics, University of Manchester

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Published

2018-03-27

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017): Numéro spécial sur la médecine personnalisée

Section

Contemporary issues in personalized medicine

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“What’s in a Name? Where’s the Person in Personalized Medicine?”. 2018. Lato Sensu: Revue de la Société de Philosophie Des Sciences 4 (2). https://doi.org/10.20416/lsrsps.v4i2.893.