Advancing Healthcare Through Personalized Medicine

This innovative book provides a unique perspective on the biomedical and societal implications of personalized medicine and how it will help mitigate the healthcare crisis and rein in ever-growing expenditure. It introduces the reader to underlying concepts at the heart of personalized medicine ? pharmacogenomics, targeted therapies and individualized diagnosis and treatment ? and shows how, with the advent of genomic technologies, clinicians will have the capability to predict and diagnose disease more efficiently. Advocating a patient-centred approach at the heart of care, this introduction to personalized medicine, the science behind it, its economic effects, its effects upon patients and its overall implications for society will be invaluable to clinicians, to healthcare providers and to patients. Additional ISBNs 9781498767088, 1498767087Advancing Healthcare Through Personalized Medicine By: Priya Hays Publisher: CRC Press Print ISBN: 9781138373785, 1138373788 other ISBNs: 9781315350288, 1315350289 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2017 SKU: 9781315350288R180 Access Full Textbook ? ?