Socio-economics of personalized medicine in Asia
"The second decade of the 21st century has witnessed a new surge in emphasis on personalized medicine based on analysis of an individual's unique genetic make-up as a means to enable more precise diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. This book attempts to contribute to this grow...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2016.
2017. |
| Series: | Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433686206719 |
| Summary: | "The second decade of the 21st century has witnessed a new surge in emphasis on personalized medicine based on analysis of an individual's unique genetic make-up as a means to enable more precise diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. This book attempts to contribute to this growing body of literature by tracing and analyzing "personalized medicine" as it unfolds in Asia, and in so doing, illustrating various social forces shaping the "co-production" of science and social order in transnational settings. The book shows that there are inextricable transnational linkages between developing and developed countries and also provides a theoretically guided and empirically grounded understanding of the formation and usage of particular human taxonomies in transnational settings"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781134989195 9781315537177 9781134989126 |
