Precision Medicine and Distributive Justice
wicked problems for democratic deliberation
$297.76
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
2 October 2022
Summary
The Price of Precision: Justice in the Age of Targeted Cancer Therapies
Metastatic cancer and the rise of costly precision medicines present incredibly complex challenges to healthcare justice. Targeted cancer therapies often deliver only marginal increases in life expectancy for most patients, while simultaneously demanding vast resources, creating tension with the fair distribution of limited healthcare funds. While philosophers hope their theories of justice can offer solutions t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197647721 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197647723 |
| Author: | Leonard M. Fleck |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 785g |
| Dimensions: | 164mm x 243mm x 33mm |
About The Author
Leonard M. Fleck
Leonard M. Fleck has been Professor of Philosophy in the Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University since 1985. He is the author of Just Caring: Health Care Rationing and Democratic Deliberation and over 160 journal articles and book chapters addressing a broad range of issues in bioethics and health care policy, especially in relation to genetics, health care rationing, health carejustice, and the role of democratic deliberation in addressing those issues.
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