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In Der letzte Patient. Warum wir in Zukunft nicht mehr krank werden müssen (The Last Patient: Why We Will No Longer Need to Fall Ill in the Future), Dr André T. Nemat presents a highly topical book on technological changes and the ethical and social issues that will shape our future. He focuses on a fundamental transformation of medicine. Thanks to artificial intelligence and so-called digital twins, diseases could in future be detected before the first symptoms appear. This would make the shift from reactive to proactive medicine possible.
However, this also raises new questions: what does it mean for our society if individual health risks can be calculated with ever-greater accuracy? Who, then, bears responsibility for our health? And how will the relationship between doctor and patient change?
From ‘Find & Fix’ to ‘Predict & Prevent’
Nemat describes the shift from a form of medicine that diagnoses and treats diseases to one that detects and prevents their onset as early as possible. Data and AI could play a crucial role in this, particularly in the case of cancer, diabetes, dementia and cardiovascular diseases. At the same time, he warns against viewing medical progress solely through a technological lens. Data protection, solidarity and the question of personal responsibility are just as important as the possibilities offered by new diagnostic and treatment methods.
André T. Nemat on the medicine of the future
Dr André T. Nemat studied engineering and medicine and spent 15 years as a consultant in thoracic surgery and head of pulmonary centres. As co-founder of the Institute for Digital Transformation in Healthcare at Witten/Herdecke University, he now focuses on medical and technological innovations and their ethical implications.
His central argument is that the more tasks AI and robotics can take on, the more important those things become that technology cannot replace: human care and trust.
👉 A book for anyone who wants to understand how artificial intelligence will transform medicine and what social and ethical issues are associated with it.
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