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More Person-Centered?: The move from Evidence-Based Medicine to Precision Medicine

Sarah Wieten

Abstract


While a shift from Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) to Precision Medicine has not yet taken place, I here argue that precision medicine has familiar problems with expertise, causes and values that we can see in Evidence-Based Medicine. Some of these similarities suggest we should be cautious in thinking of precision medicine as more person-centered than EBM.

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Causes, evidence-based medicine, expertise, person-centered healthcare, precision medicine, values

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v8i2.1846

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