Although doctors have long
incorporated personal information like family
history into treatment plans, personalized medicine holds the promise
of revolutionizing medical care by using
knowledge of molecular biology and genetics that will allow more precise diagnoses, better diagnostic tests, greater predictability
of disease course, more successful therapies by targeting the right treatments to the right patients, and improved patient safety by selecting drugs and their proper dosage to reduce adverse side effects.
Rather than just an add - on, the
histories and cultures
of Indigenous people can be integrated into each learning area to bring new perspectives to existing
knowledge and practice, and to encourage interesting and innovative ways to
incorporate this
knowledge.