Me medicine vs. we medicine : reclaiming biotechnology for the common good /

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Author / Creator:	Dickenson, Donna, author.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 278 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Medicine, Preventive -- Moral and ethical aspects. Patient-centered health care -- Moral and ethical aspects. Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Precision Medicine -- ethics. Biotechnology -- ethics. Public Health Practice -- ethics. Social Justice. Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medicine, Preventive -- Moral and ethical aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11190704

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Varying Form of Title:	Me medicine versus we medicine
ISBN:	9780231534413 0231534418 9780231159746 0231159749
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Personalized healthcare?or what the award-winning author Donna Dickenson calls?Me Medicine"?is radically transforming our longstanding,?one-size-fits-all" model. Technologies such as direct-to-consumer genetic testing, pharmacogenetics in cancer care, private umbilical cord blood banking, and neurocognitive enhancement claim to cater to an individual's specific biological character. In some cases, these technologies have shown powerful potential, yet in others, they have produced negligible or even negative results. Whatever is behind the rise of Me Medicine, it isn't just science. So why is Me Medicine rapidly edging out We Medicine, and how has the commitment in the US to the collective health suffered as a result?
Other form:	Print version: Dickenson, Donna. Me medicine vs. we medicine. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231159746

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