Journal
HEALTH CARE ANALYSIS
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 45-59Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-017-0347-5
Keywords
Personalized medicine; Person centered care; Healthcare ethics; Concept analysis
Funding
- Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) [2014-4024]
- VR for the Gothenburg Responsibility Project [2014-40]
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In contrast to standardized guidelines, personalized medicine and person centered care are two notions that have recently developed and are aspiring for more individualized health care for each single patient. While having a similar drive toward individualized care, their sources are markedly different. While personalized medicine stems from a biomedical framework, person centered care originates from a caring perspective, and a wish for a more holistic view of patients. It is unclear to what extent these two concepts can be combined or if they conflict at fundamental or pragmatic levels. This paper reviews existing literature in both medicine and related philosophy to analyze closer the meaning of the two notions, and to explore the extent to which they overlap or oppose each other, in theory or in practice, in particular regarding ethical assumptions and their respective practical implications.
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