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Review
. 2017 Aug 21;189(33):E1065-E1068.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170107.

Finding the right balance between precision medicine and personalized care

Finlay A McAlister  1 , Andreas Laupacis  2 , Paul W Armstrong  2
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Review

Finding the right balance between precision medicine and personalized care

Finlay A McAlister et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1:
Although simplified for presentation, each box in the figure is interconnected with other layers in a bi-directional fashion. In addition to the connections between layers, external influences (denoted in the column on the left-hand side) can affect layers and the influence of one layer on others. The exposome encompasses all exogenous and endogenous exposures arising from the physical environment, patient lifestyle behaviours and the other social determinants of health. Patient resiliency encompasses the host of psychosocial factors that influence patient symptoms and their individual response to disease.
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