Patients' perspectives related to ethical issues and risks in precision medicine: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Precision medicine is growing due to technological advancements including next generation sequencing techniques and artificial intelligence. However, with the application of precision medicine many ethical and potential risks may emerge. Although, its benefits and potential harms are relevantly known to professional societies and practitioners, patients' attitudes toward these potential ethical risks are not well-known. The aim of this systematic review was to focus on patients' perspective on ethics and risks that may rise with the application of precision medicine.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted on 4/1/2023 in the database of PubMed, for the period 1/1/2012 to 4/1/2023 identifying 914 articles. After initial screening, only 50 articles were found to b

SUBMITTER: Ahmed L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10310545 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature