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What are the objectives of the genetic study of individuals? There is great interest from the medical community and also much concern from the lay press about the potential benefits and harms of genetic screening, gene therapy, and even the possibility of cloning individuals. The current use of genetic tests for the detection and treatment of endometriosis is still at an early stage but very important. The determination of susceptibility markers will be increasingly explored in clinical studies and their uses will be much more defined. Still, it seems increasingly likely that major changes will occur over the next decade in how we evaluate and treat our patients. In particular, surgeons and clinicians will have the opportunity to use a number of new tests to predict the future appearance of endometriosis in patients still free of the disease. They may have the power to explore the best therapeutic modality for a particular patient according to his/her genetic makeup. And they will be able to more specifically target prevention measures for family members of people already affected by the disease. It should be understood that molecular diagnosis, especially in asymptomatic individuals, does not mean disease but an increased risk of developing a disease. Ethical implications exist and should not be underestimated. Patients should be advised about the likely implications of such tests, not only after but especially before the achievement of these. A major step has already been overcome and we currently have the basic tools for a new leap in understanding human pathologies responsible for much of the world's mortality. Bridging the great barrier that still separates this basic knowledge and clinical practice is quite a significant challenge.

Medicine. --- Geriatric medicine. --- Health Workforce --- Geriatrics. --- Medicine --- Gerontology --- Older people --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Geriatric medicine

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Geriatrics --- Geriatrics. --- Geriatric Medicine. --- Gerontology --- Medicine --- Older people --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Gériatrie

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Geriatrics --- Geriatrics. --- Geriatria. --- Medicina. --- Gériatrie --- Geriatrie. --- Geriatric Medicine. --- Gerontology --- Medicine --- Older people --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- geriatrics --- medicine --- elderly

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This open access book turns the research attention of social policy scholars and long-term care researchers from comparative descriptions of care systems, focusing mostly on expenditures and volumes of long-term care services, to outcomes, and in particular to the question whether older people really receive the support that they need. Without knowledge about which needs and which social groups are currently inadequately covered, it is impossible to guide policy development. The book puts forward a novel theoretical framework to guide future research work and public discussion on the issue of unmet long-term care needs, by broadening the current discussion so that inadequate care is seen in its societal and policy contexts, taking structural issues and policy designs into account. Kröger outlines three different domains of care poverty (personal care poverty, practical care poverty and socio-emotional care poverty) and differentiates between main methods how unmet needs are measured. This book summarises the existing knowledge on the prevalence, factors and consequences of unmet care needs and interprets these comparatively in the light of social inequalities and care policy models of different welfare states. It will be invaluable to students and scholars of social policy, social work, social gerontology, sociology and political science, and to all disciplines across the field of social sciences that study welfare state policies and care for older people.

Central government policies --- Social work --- Social welfare & social services --- Geriatric medicine --- Unmet needs --- long-term care needs --- policy design --- SDG 10 --- care resources

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Geriatrics --- Gerontology --- Aging --- Geriatrics. --- Aging. --- Gerontology. --- Geriatric Medicine. --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Physiological effect --- Social sciences --- Older people --- Medicine --- Developmental biology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene