Me medicine vs. we medicine : reclaiming biotechnology for the common good / Donna Dickenson.

Me medicine versus we medicine

New York : Columbia University Press, [2013], ©2013.

xi, 278 pages ; 24 cm

A reality check for personalized medicine -- "Your genetic information should be controlled by you" : personalized genetic testing -- Pharmacogenetics : one patient, one drug? -- "Your birth day gift" : banking cord blood -- Enhancement technologies : feeling more like myself -- "The ancient, useless, dangerous, and filthy rite of vaccination" : public health, public enemy? -- Reclaiming biotechnology for the common good.

Includes bibliographical references and index.