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28%OFFDonna Dickenson - Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good - 9780231159746 - V9780231159746
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Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good

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Description for Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: MBP; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
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, pharmacogenetically developed therapies in cancer care, private umbilical cord blood banking, and neurocognitive enhancement claim to cater to an individual's specific biological character, and, 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 our commitment to our collective health suffered as ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231159746
SKU
V9780231159746
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About Donna Dickenson
Donna Dickenson is emeritus professor of medical ethics and humanities at the University of London and research associate at the Centre for Health, Law, and Emerging Technologies at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Body Shopping: Converting Body Parts to Profit, and has won the prestigious International Spinoza Lens award for her contribution to public debate on ... Read more

Reviews for Me Medicine vs. We Medicine: Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good
Donna Dickenson's book offers a compelling and overarching framework for interpreting new trends in biomedical science, such as gene biobanks, pharmacogenetics, and the banking of cord blood. It forces the reader to ask whether every new technological advance in medicine truly betters the field-and for whom.
Sheldon Krimsky, Tufts University Few words have as much ethical clout these days ... Read more

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