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Genes and insurance : Ethical, legal and economic issues

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003Description: 170p viiISBN:
  • 9780521830904
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 368.300000 RAD
Contents:
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.
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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.