Human Perspectives in Health Sciences and Technology: Philosophical Perspectives from Biology to Healthcare

Beneduce, Chiara; Bertolaso, Marta

This book offers a multidisciplinary look at the much-debated concept of “personalized medicine”. By combining a humanistic and a scientific approach, the book builds up a multidimensional way to understand the limits and potentialities of a personalized approach in medicine and healthcare. The book reflects on personalized medicine and complex diseases, the relationship between personalized medicine and the new bio-technologies, personalized medicine and personalized nutrition, and on some ethical, political, economic, and social implications of personalized medicine. This volume is of interest to researchers from several disciplines including philosophy, bio-medicine, and the social sciences. 

Chapter 16, “The Impact of Fantasy” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2022-03-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030748036

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74804-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 326