Perspectives on harm in personalized medicine
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2024-01-10 v2
Abstract
Avoiding harm is an uncontroversial aim of personalized medicine and other epidemiologic initiatives. However, the precise mathematical translation of "harm" is disputable. Here we use a formal causal language to study common, but distinct, definitions of "harm". We clarify that commitment to a definition of harm has important practical and philosophical implications for decision making. We relate our practical and philosophical considerations to ideas from medical ethics and legal practice.
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@article{arxiv.2302.01371,
title = {Perspectives on harm in personalized medicine},
author = {Aaron L. Sarvet and Mats J. Stensrud},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01371},
year = {2024}
}