Medicine of the future : How and who is going to treat us?
Abstract
Medicine’s ability to quickly respond to challenges raises questions from researchers, practitioners, and society as a whole. Our task in this study was to identify key and atypical current factors influencing the development of medicine and to predict the development of medicine in the short, medium, and long term. To implement our study, we selected 22 medical experts and applied the three-level Delphi method. The current trends caused by COVID-19 have a short-term impact, but they will launch other drivers that will transform the healthcare industry. Well-being technologies, data-informed personalization, and climate change will become key drivers for the development of medicine over the period of 1–50 years. Expert opinion is divided about the future of mass availability of advanced medical treatment and sustainable development of healthcare.
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Research article
Published
2023
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Publication in research information system
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Elsevier
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202301161340Use this for linking
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Peer reviewed
ISSN
0016-3287
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103097
Language
English
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Futures
Citation
- Kulkova, J., Kulkov, I., Rohrbeck, R., Lu, S., Khwaja, A., Karjaluoto, H., & Mero, J. (2023). Medicine of the future : How and who is going to treat us?. Futures, 146, Article 103097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103097
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This research was partially sponsored by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland. This research was partially sponsored by the research center XPRES (Excellence in Production Research) – a strategic research area in Sweden.
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