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Genetics and life insurance : medical underwriting and social policy /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Rothstein, Mark A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004]
Series:Basic bioethics.
Subjects:
Life insurance > Medical examinations.
Genetics.
Bioethics.
Insurance, Life.
Bioethical Issues.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Public attitudes / Mark A. Rothstein and Carlton A. Hornung
  • The insurer perspective / Roberta B. Meyer
  • The economics of risk selection / Arnold A. Dicke
  • Medical underwriting / Robert K. Gleeson
  • Genetic risks and mortality rates / J. Alexander Lowden
  • The functions of insurance and the fairness of genetic underwriting / Norman Daniels
  • Perspectives of consumers and genetics professionals / Wendy R. Uhlmann and Sharon F. Terry
  • A comparative international overview / Bartha Maria Knoppers, Béatrice Godard, and Yann Joly
  • Antitrust implications of insurers' collaborative standard setting / Robert H. Jerry II
  • A consumer agenda / J. Robert Hunter
  • Policy recommendations / Mark A. Rothstein.