Knowing one's medical fate in advance
By: editors, Georg Pfleiderer, Manuel Battegay, Klaus Lindpaintner
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9783805596497; 9783805596503
Subjects: Prognosis; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Patients; Psychology; Religion and Medicine; Truth Disclosure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Evolving therapy and prognosis in HIV : how knowing one's medical fate in advance can change dramatically / Battegay, M.; title: Related to human cognition : is personalization feasible and desirable? / Papassotiropoulos, A.; title: Ethical decision-making on genetic diagnosis facing the challenges of knowing one's medical fate in advance / Brahier, G.; title: Mastering familial genetic knowledge : shared or secret? : issues of decision-making in predictive genetic testing / Brüninghaus, A., Porz, R.; title: Predictive medicine : changes in our view of ourselves and others / Birnbacher, D.; title: Current challenges for the law : disclosure dilemmas in predictive medicine / Durr, B.S.; title: Fate and Judaism : philosophical and clinical aspects / Gesundheit, B.; title: Modern medicine and my future life : a Christian-theological perspective / Pfleiderer, G.; title: Karma, contingency, and the point of no return : predictive medicine and Buddhist perspectives / Schlieter, J.