Ethics in precision medicine
Subject Areas : genetics
Niloofar
Agharezaee
1
(Department of Bioinformatics, Kish International Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)
Flora
Forouzesh
2
(Department of Genetics, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Keywords: Ethics, Precision Medicine, Medical Ethics, Ethics of research,
Abstract :
Precision medicine is a new science that applies a broad and accurate order of information on individual diversity to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment by medication. The aim of this review study was to examine the various dimensions of the ethical challenges associated with this science. In this study after searching in databases such as PubMed, ISI and Scopus, 47 articles were obtained by exploring the purposeful texts on ethics in precision medicine, among which 38 articles were selected for review. From the survey of the total number of studies that were the criteria for entering this study, it is important that despite the fact that at first glance, the realization of the amazing goals of precision medicine and its growth requires large investments in the long run and with the economic challenges but the obstacles to the promotion of medical precision are cultural challenges. The only solution to the efforts of the advocates of this science is to understand and accept the ethical, economic, and political barriers to changing the culture for precision medicine upgrading. Studies show that precision medicine can provide a healthier alternative to healthcare with much better performance than it used to be, in the ethical framework, both in research and in the field of effective diagnosis and treatment. In the near future, we can expect rapid progress in science both in the field of research and in the clinical field.
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