| Description |
vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in society and the life sciences |
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Cambridge studies in society and the life sciences.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Personalised medicine : a revolution in healthcare -- Pharacogenetics, expectation and promissory science -- Genetics, moral risk and professional resistance -- Clinical resistance to Alzheimer's pharmacogenetics -- Research, industry and pharamacogenetic literacy -- Engineering the clinic : getting personalised medicine into practice -- The fourth hurdle : cost-effectiveness and the funding of pharmacogenetics -- Disappointment and disclosure in the pharmacogenetic clinic -- The personalised is political. |
| Subject |
Pharmacogenetics -- Social aspects.
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Pharmacogenetics.
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Social Environment.
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| Added Title |
Politics of personalized medicine |
| ISBN |
0521841771 hb |
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9780521841771 hb |
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0521602653 pb |
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9780521602655 pb |
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