Global process of personalisation in medicine - New perspectives in healthcare; V. Costigliola

Part I Healthcare systems around the globe

Italian healthcare system in the global context: The cultural challenge of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine; G. Trovato & F. Basile

Healthcare in the UK - Predictive, preventive and personalised medicine perspective at the beginning of the 21 st Century; K. Grosios, P. Gahan & J. Burbidge

The German Healthcare system; A. Döring & F. Paul

Healthcare overview in the Slovak Republic and implementation of predictive, preventive and personalized medicine; M. Kapalla, D. Kapallová & L. Turecký

An overview of the healthcare system in the Czech Republic with respect to predictive, preventive and personalized medicine; J. Kinkorova & O. Topolcan

Perpetual Transitions in Romanian Healthcare; L. Spiru, R. Trascu, I. Turcu & M. Marzan

An overview of the healthcare system in Georgia; T. Rukhadze

A g eneral overview of the healthcare system in the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM): Healthcare indicators, organisation of healthcare system and its challenges; N. Kamcev, M. Danilova, V. Ivanovska, G. Kamceva, N. Velickova & K. Richter

Overview of the healthcare system in Turkey; M. Dundar & S.Y. Ozdemir

Taiwan's healthcare report; W.S.H. Chan

Mobility of medical doctors as an attribute of the cross-border healthcare: Challenges, opportunities and perspectives; V. Costigliola

Where is going the European Pharma Industry?; M. Antonelli

Part II Female health/care

Changing long-held beliefs is never easy: A proposal for multimodal approaches in female healthcare - An integrative view; O. Golubnitschaja

A gender-specific nutritional approach to women's healthcare; N. Shapira

Implications of gender based biology in oral health issues - Are women more susceptible?; R. Krishna & C. Drisco

Simultaneous systematic approach to enable predictive, preventive and personalized medicine - Women healthcare as s case study; M. Marcus-Kalish & H. Meiri

Part III Traditional and non-conventional medicine

Widening the Paradigm in Medicine and Health: Person Centred Medicine as Common Ground of Traditional and Non Conventional Medicine; P. Roberti di Sarsina, M. Alivia & P. Guadagni

Music-therapy, a personalised bridge towards healing beyond surgery and medication: European paediatrics overview; R. Haus

Part IV The role of laboratory medicine in healthcare

Characterization and validation of biomarkers by immunoassays: Quality requirements, physical standards and data management in predictive medicine; T. Waerner, J. Urthaler & K. Krapfenbauer

Part V Economy of PPPM

Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and financial viability of personalized medicine: A role for comparative effectiveness research?; P. Brown

The economic challenge of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine: The case study of lung-, head and neck cancer; A. Kugler, C. Kertu & K. Krapfenbauer

Health Promotion and Prevention in companies - economic aspects and prevention strategies for Shift work sleep disorders; K. Richter

Part VI Ethics of PPPM

New ethical paradigm in preventive, predictive and personalised medicine; E. Gefenas, A. Cekanauskaite, E. Tuzaite, V. Dranseika & D. Characiejus