Professional paper

PERSON-CENTERED MEDICINE VERSUS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: IS IT JUST A SOPHISM? A VIEW FROM CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT

Marijana Braš ; Centre for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Veljko Đorđević ; Centre for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Vibor Milunović ; Centre for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Lovorka Brajković ; Centre for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Miličić ; University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Department for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Lukasz Konopka ; Department of Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL, USA

Abstract

The main aim of this brief overview is to explore the concepts of person-centered medicine and personalized medicine in the
areas of chronic pain research and management. Through several definitions and paradigms of pain, the authors introduce the
complexity of pain phenomenology in order to establish the challenge of person-centered and personalized medicine in everyday
practice. By providing deeper insight into fibromyalgia, its presentation, biology and treatment, several questions are addressed,
ranging from person-centered diagnosis to personalizing the various processes of the fibromyalgia spectrum complex. By reviewing
current treatment options and evaluating treatment pitfalls derived from methodological flaws in current research, the authors
discuss various possibilities of personalizing treatment and, therefore, propose how the use of these two paradigms could enhance
outcomes in chronic pain management.
If we wish to make comments about enhanced outcomes we need to talk about outcomes of pain treatments, we need to discuss
what successful treatment is from the patient’s point of view as well as in the reviewed models.

Keywords

patient-centered medicine; personalized medicine; fibromyalgia; chronic pain

Hrčak ID:

76825

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/76825

Publication date:

30.9.2011.

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