10.5281/zenodo.5497303
https://zenodo.org/records/5497303
oai:zenodo.org:5497303
Ilaria Galasso
Ilaria Galasso
0000-0002-2789-4708
University College Dublin
Susi Geiger
Susi Geiger
University College Dublin
Preventing "Exit," Eliciting "Voice" Patient, Participant, and Public Involvement as Invited Activism in Precision Medicine and Genomics Initiatives
Zenodo
2021
exit, voice, Albert Hirschman, healthcare activism, genetic data, precision medicine, public and patient involvement, PPI
2021-09-09
10.5281/zenodo.5497302
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
This conceptual chapter evokes Albert Hirschman’s classic distinction between “exit” and “voice” to ascertain the potential for individuals to voice their concerns in the context of sharing data for genetics and personalized precision medicine initiatives. It elaborates the emerging framework of participatory medicine as a form of “invited activism” and goes on to discuss the essential role of activism by considering the strategies implemented by institutions to trigger voice when it is not initiated spontaneously. On the one hand, we diagnose a generalized failure of concerned actors to voice spontaneously around voluntary data sharing for future-oriented medical research. On the other hand, we scrutinize patient and public involvement practices made available by precision medicine initiatives as institutional attempts to increase voice and therefore as “invited activism.” We finally interrogate the limits of voice in this invited format in the context of genomics initiatives.
This is a draft of a chapter that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the forthcoming book Healthcare Activism: Markets, Morals and the Collective Good, edited by Susi Geiger and published in Sept. 2021.
Please quote this paper as follows:
Galasso, Ilaria and Susi Geiger (2021): Preventing "Exit", Eliciting "Voice": Patient, Participant and Public Involvement as Invited Activism in Precision Medicine and Genomics Initiatives. In S. Geiger (ed.): Healthcare Activism: Markets, Morals and the Collective Good. Oxford University Press.