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The Prospects for Personalized Medicine
Author(s) -
EWICZ SHARA YURKI
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.2010.0002
Subject(s) - personalized medicine , personalization , precision medicine , genetic testing , bioethics , alternative medicine , control (management) , medical ethics , medicine , internet privacy , psychology , business , marketing , bioinformatics , political science , computer science , psychiatry , law , pathology , management , economics , biology
Personalized medicine—the customization of medical treatment to an individual's genetic profile—aims to both improve outcomes and control costs. But recent news, including scandals involving direct‐to‐consumer genetic tests and questions about targeted cancer therapies, has exposed many ethical hurdles. They are explored here by ethicists, a patient, a medical student, and a consumer advocate.