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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and personalized medicine (PM) face criticism for overlooking patient individuality and clinical complexity. A case study reveals how fragmented biomedical approaches neglect holistic patient care, leading to adverse outcomes and increased costs.

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biomedical rationale fragmentation multi-morbidity personalized medicine poly-pharmacy quantified self social gradients of sickness

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Area of Science:

Medical Philosophy
Health Systems Research
Clinical Practice

Background:

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is criticized for oversimplifying clinical complexity and patient individuality.
Personalized medicine (PM) aims to tailor treatments using extensive patient data, driven by technological advancements.

Observation:

A case study analyzed a patient's sickness history to understand biomedical approaches.
Biomedical logic focused on isolated problems, neglecting systemic interactions and patient experiences.

Findings:

Fragmented treatment approaches led to chronification, poly-pharmacy, and multi-morbidity.
Specialists focused on their disciplines, overlooking the interconnectedness of the patient's condition.
This resulted in unsustainable increases in healthcare costs.

Implications:

The study challenges the separation of the physical body from human experience in medicine.
It questions the knowledge frameworks of EBM and PM, advocating for a more holistic view.
Over-reliance on molecular data may obscure crucial factors in human illness.