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Advocates of “personalized” genomic medicine maintain that it is revolutionary not just in what it can reveal to us, but in how it will enable us to take control of our health. But we should not assume that patient empowerment always yields positive outcomes. To assess the social impact of personalized medicine, we must anticipate how the virtue might go awry in practice.
“个性化”基因组医学的倡导者认为，它不仅在能为我们揭示的内容上具有革命性，而且在能让我们控制自身健康的方式上也具有革命性。但是，我们不应该假设赋予患者权力总是会产生积极的结果。要评估个性化医学的社会影响，我们必须预测这一美德在实践中可能会出现的偏差。
