Overview
- The first book to critically analyze the potential of and dilemmas relating to genomics and precision medicine
- Analyzes precision medicine from a clinical healthcare, public health and global perspective
- Discusses the path to laying the ethical foundation for the implementation of PM in healthcare organizations
Part of the book series: Advancing Global Bioethics (AGBIO, volume 19)
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This book presents the promises of Precision Medicine (PM) and the challenges of its implementation in daily clinical routine, while addressing the anticipated ethical and social implications. It is the first book that critically analyzes the potential and the dilemmas relevant to genomics and precision medicine from healthcare, public health and global perspectives. The nine chapters presented in this book elaborate on pharmacogenomics' crucial role in maximizing the potential benefits and minimizing medication's potential risks in groups of people, especially in cancer treatment and other health conditions. Infectious and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are also discussed in this book by identifying challenges and ways to overcome them. Essential concepts are addressed, such as health-related benefits and harm to individuals and the broader community, including threats to individual privacy and autonomy, which warrant just distribution of scarce resources. The book also identifies and addresses the lack of competency in the healthcare workforce in the era of PM and discusses the path to laying the ethical foundation for the implementation of PM in healthcare organizations.
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Evangel Sarwar has a PhD in Healthcare Ethics from Duquesne University, an MPH from California State University, San Bernardino, and a BSc. in Computer Science from University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Sarwar has always been passionate about working with communities, for the people, and the betterment of society. Eva is a firm believer in social justice and equity, and believes there is a need to reduce the disparities that exist between the have and the have nots. As the Senior Ethics Fellow at Bon Secours Mercy Health, she advocated for a diverse workforce in healthcare organizations and taught the importance of setting aside bias, and treating every patient with respect and dignity regardless of their race, denomination, socioeconomic status, and religion. Eva is very keen on learning how to better address the challenges of rapid socioeconomic, cultural, and technological changes in healthcare while carrying out innovative research to advance ethical aspects of healthcare and healthpolicy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Perspectives on Precision Medicine
Book Subtitle: Ethical, Social and Public Health Implications
Authors: Evangel Sarwar
Series Title: Advancing Global Bioethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28593-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28592-9Published: 05 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28595-0Published: 06 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-28593-6Published: 04 April 2023
Series ISSN: 2212-652X
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6538
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 226
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Bioethics, Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Medicine/Public Health, general