Personalized Medicine in the Making: Philosophical Perspectives from Biology to Healthcare - 3 (1st Edition 2022)

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.