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Towards Integrative postmodern individualized medicine in terms of hierarchic emergence

Can Hou()   

  1. Zhongshan Medical College, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510089, China
  • Received:2003-03-11 Online:2003-03-20 Published:2018-10-19

The paper discusses the possibility and necessity for establishing a postmodern individualized medicine in terms of hierarchic emergence,a basic concept of contemporary system science. Through analysis of the strong and weak points of modern individualized medicine, personalized medicine and genomic medicine, the author found that Chinese traditional individualized medicine has its strong points in implementing whole (holistic) emergence and weak points in lower hierarchic emergence compared with the other three modern medical disciplines.Thus the author concluded that there are possibility and necessity to integrate the strong points of these medical systems for establishing a holistic and deepgoing patient-centered postmodern individualized medicine.

Key words: postmodern individualized medicine, Integrated TCM-WM, system theory

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