The Politics of Personalised Medicine: Pharmacogenetics in the Clinic

by Adam Hedgecoe

Book Overview

Pharmacogenetics, the use of genetic testing to prescribe and develop drugs, has been hailed as a revolutionary development for the pharmaceutical industry and modern medicine. Supporters of 'personalised medicine' claim the result will be safer, cheaper, more effective drugs, and their arguments are beginning to influence policy debates. Based on interviews with clinicians, researchers, regulators and company representatives, this book explores the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521602653
• ISBN13: 9780521602655
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"