-
Chapter
The Concept of Disease in the Era of Prediction
Individualized Medicine is often accused of causing an extension of the concept of disease. It would thereby promote a pathologization of life, which is problematic in several respects. This critical query sho...
-
Chapter
The Meaning of “Individualized Medicine”: A Terminological Adjustment of a Perplexing Term
This chapter introduces “Individualized Medicine” as a technical term. In order to do this the chapter first gives a precise, logical and conceptual analysis of relevant explanations and definitions from Engli...
-
Article
Open AccessCohort profile: Greifswald approach to individualized medicine (GANI_MED)
Individualized Medicine aims at providing optimal treatment for an individual patient at a given time based on his specific genetic and molecular characteristics. This requires excellent clinical stratificatio...
-
Article
Psychosocial consequences and severity of disclosed incidental findings from whole-body MRI in a general population study
Little is known about the psychosocial impact and subjective interpretation of communicated incide ntal findings from whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (wb-MRI). This was addressed with this general popula...
-
Article
Gesundheitsökonomische Forschung im Kontext Individualisierter Medizin — Forschungsethische und datenschutzrechtliche Aspekte am Beispiel des GANI_MED-Projekts
Research activities dealing with economic aspects of Individualized Medicine (IM) are part of many multidisciplinary IM-related projects in Germany. One important example is the Greifswald Approach to Individu...
