[In Context] Biomarkers, bioprediction, and ethics

“Foresight! Foresight!, which takes us ceaselessly beyond ourselves and often places us where we shall never arrive.” This quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau appears on the opening page of Matthew L. Baum's book The Neuroethics of Biomarkers. Rousseau pinpoints the problem physicians are constantly grappling with, when trying to synthesise medical history, clinical signs, and results from investigations to make a diagnosis and ultimately a prognosis, and decide the interventions that may best serve our patients.
Source: Lancet Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: In Context Source Type: research