The decision tree
Subtitle: taking control of your health in the new era of personalized medicine
By: Thomas Goetz.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781605297293
Subjects: Self-care, Health; Medicine, Preventive; Medical screening; Medical technology
Description: Examines the recent advances in preventive medicine, from genomics to early detection, and how they are transforming health care, and advocates a new strategy for thinking about health, one that incorporates cutting-edge technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: : Prediction and prevention; title: Living by numbers; title: Toxic knowledge; title: Dna + environment = you; title: Change is hard; title: Diagnosis and detection; title: No such thing as normal; title: Screening for everything; title: Canaries in the coal mine; title: Care and treatment; title: A little drug problem; title: On the horns of a dilemma; title: When patients become practitioners; title: Coda: when there is no doctor.