Personalised, predictive and preventive medicine: a decision-theoretic perspective

摘要: Background. The last decade has witnessed remarkable developments in medical treatment that is personalised, predictive and preventive. advances made here have the potential to bring about radical change, not only diagnostic tests prescriptions, but also more fundamental patterns provision of health care. Methods. conceptual framework principles modern decision theory are applied some ethical issues raised by recent preventive medicine, including questions limits autonomy implications justice fairness distribution care services. Results. A new way conceptualising understanding medicine sketched. Such involves decisions under risk uncertainty, depending on extent which current knowledge gaps can be filled. Conclusions. various ways understanding...