The individual and the system

This final essay on bespoke medicine explores the tensions between the needs of the individual and the demands of the system. In it I ask whether the idea of bespoke is just a dream within the world of health care, or whether its principles can be applied to looking after patients within a busy serv...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2017-01, Vol.389 (10067), p.360-361
1. Verfasser: Kneebone, Roger L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This final essay on bespoke medicine explores the tensions between the needs of the individual and the demands of the system. In it I ask whether the idea of bespoke is just a dream within the world of health care, or whether its principles can be applied to looking after patients within a busy service which continually strives to reconcile competing demands.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30156-3