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| Author(date) | Definition | Terms used | Constituents of definition | Researcher theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates (2010) | “Personalized medicine refers to the tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient. It does not literally mean the creation of drugs or medical devices that are unique to a patient but rather the ability to classify individuals into subpopulations that differ in their susceptibility to a particular disease or their response to a specific treatment. Preventive or therapeutic interventions can then be concentrated on those who will benefit, sparing expense and side effects for those who will not” | Personalised | Subgroups Preventative medicine Minimising side effects | Medical management |
| Luijks (2012) | “GPs agreed on the need to adapt management of multimorbidity to personal circumstances of these patients, such as vitality, personal preferences (for example retaining independence as the ultimate goal) and socioeconomic conditions. They stressed the importance of tailoring care to the individual and tried to understand the meaning of illness for a person” | Individualised | Multimorbidity management Personal circumstances Patient preferences Meaning of illness for the individual | Consideration of patient factors |
GPs, general practitioners.