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Radetzki Marcus

Genes and insurance : Ethical, legal and economic issues - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003 - 170p vii

Contents
Preface;
1. Introduction
Part I. Starting Points:
2. The terminology and possibilities of genetics;
3. Opportunities for insurers to use genetic information;
Part II. Social, Economic and Legal Aspects:
4. Social insurance in the modern welfare state: emergence, maturity and partial dismantling;
5. International trade in personal insurance;
6. Prohibitions against discrimination in the private sphere: does legislation build on a consistent foundation?
Part III. Ethical Aspects:
7. Ethical arguments for and against the right of insurance companies to genetic information;
Part IV. Evaluation: 8. Conclusions and policy implications;
Bibliography;
Index.

ISBN: 9780521830904

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Insurance - Life2. Insurance - Life - Law & Legislation3. Genetic Screening - Moral & Ethical Aspects4. Privacy - Rights

Dewey Class. No.: 368.300000 / RAD