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Personalized medicine is the evidence based medicine saved in the right horizon

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Journal of Medicine and the Person

Abstract

A growing body of evidence indicates that effective medical treatment depends on personalized care. However, to focus on the person, to consider the other as a “person”, requires a special commitment, which corresponds to our expectations and it is mandatory for an effective medical approach, but it is not spontaneous and it does not hold automatically. The entire discussion on humanization of medicine relates to this question. At present, we are observing a cultural shift which risks destroying some essential aspects of the medical profession that contribute to high-quality health care. How to overcome this cultural shift which substantially impairs a personalized approach? Starting from a question posed by an editorial of the Journal and describing our teaching experience, we analyze recent Literature to contribute to this discussion.

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  1. Rheumatology Unit, “Federico II” University, via Pansini 5, I-80131, Naples, Italy

    Antonio del Puente & Antonella Esposito

  2. Naples Local Health Unit No.1, Naples, Italy

    Vinicio Lombardi

  3. President Campania Section of the Association “Medicina e Persona”, Naples, Italy

    Vinicio Lombardi

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del Puente, A., Lombardi, V. & Esposito, A. Personalized medicine is the evidence based medicine saved in the right horizon. J Med Pers 13, 91–95 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12682-015-0206-9

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