Genes and insurance : ethical, legal, and economic issues / Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth.

  • Radetzki, Marcus.
Date:
2003
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Physical description

viii, 170 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition

Updated ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- pt. I. Starting points. The terminology and possibilities of genetics ; Opportunities for insurers to use genetic information -- pt. II. Social, economic and legal aspects. Social insurance in the modern welfare state: emergence, maturity and partial dismantling ; International trade in personal insurance ; Prohibitions build on a consistent foundation? -- pt. III. Ethical Aspects. Ethical arguments for and against the right of insurance companies to genetic information -- pt. IV. Evaluation. Conclusions and policy implications.

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    Medical Collection
    HG8771 2003R33g
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ISBN

  • 0521830907