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Author:   Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio ,  Francesco Sporing ,  John-Stewart Gordon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781138632691

ISBN 10:   1138632694
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   17 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction: Predictive Medicine – An Interdisciplinary Approach Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio, Francesco Spöring, and John-Stewart Gordon Part I. Individual Challenges 1. Beyond the Causes of Disease: Prediction and the Need for a New Philosophy of Medicine Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio 2. Comprehending and Communicating Statistics in Breast Cancer Screening. Ethical Implications and Potential Solutions Giulia Ferretti, Alma Linkeviciute, and Giovanni Boniolo 3. On the Nature of the Right Not to Know John-Stewart Gordon 4. Predictive Diagnostic Testing for Late-Onset Neurological Diseases in Asymptomatic Minors: ‘Do No Harm’ and the Value of Knowledge Heiner Fangerau, Florian Braune, and Christian Lenk 5. Incidental Findings in Genetic Testing Elke Holinski-Feder and Verena Steinke-Lange Part II. Social Challenges 6. Risk and Solidarity within Individualized Medicine Konrad Ott 7. Anticipatory Medicalization: Predisposition, Prediction, and Proto-Disease, Expanding Medicalized Conditions Peter Conrad and Miranda Waggoner 8. Predicting the Cost of Diseases in Resource-Poor Countries Steffen Flessa 9. Genetic Disorders in Chinese Patients and Their Families: A Call for Action on Predictive Medicine Xian-Ning Zhang and Ji Zuo Part III. Research Challenges 10. Personalized Antidepressant Prescription: A Historical Perspective on Risks and Opportunities Francesco Spöring 11. Predicting, Preventing, and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease: Current State and Future Challenges Stefan F. Lichtenthaler 12. Early Detection, Prediction, and Prognosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Simone Lista, Francesco Garaci, Nicola Toschi, and Harald Hampel 13. Immunoscore, Circulating Tumor Cells and Human-Derived Organoids as Potential Predictive Tools in Personalized Cancer Medicine Agnieszka Pastuła

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Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio is Professor in the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine at Technical University of Munich, Germany Francesco Spöring is Research Assistant in the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine at Technical University of Munich, Germany John-Stewart Gordon is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Applied Ethics Research Group at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

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