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

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

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dickenson, Donna.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.
Description:	xi, 278 p. ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Medicine, Preventive -- Moral and ethical aspects. Patient-centered health care -- Moral and ethical aspects. Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Individualized Medicine -- ethics. Biotechnology -- ethics. Public Health Practice -- ethics. Social Justice. Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medicine, Preventive -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9136149

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Me medicine versus we medicine
ISBN:	9780231159746 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231159749 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231534413 (e-book) 0231534418 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. A Reality Check for Personalized Medicine
2. "Your Genetic Information Should Be Controlled by You": Personalized Genetic Testing
3. Pharmacogenetics: One Patient, One Drug?
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, Public Enemy?
7. Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good
Notes
References
Index