The Politics Of Personalised Medicine: Pharmacogenetics In The Clinic - 9780521602655

Applies a social science perspective to exploring issues arising in clinical practice as a result of drug development linked to genetic testing. These include the social context within which new drugs are trialled, attitudes of the clinicians asked to administer them, expectations of clinicians and patients and associated ethical issues.

• | By (Author): Adam (University of Sussex) Hedgecoe
• | Series: Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 02, 2004
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780521602655