Genes and insurance : ethical, legal, and economic issues / Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth.
ISBN:
9780511062940
9780511179990
9780511495373
Title:
Genes and insurance : ethical, legal, and economic issues / Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth.
Author:
Radetzki, Marcus.
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Uniform Title:
Att nyttja genetisk information. English
Edition:
Updated ed.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 170 pages).
Series:
Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics
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 against discrimination in the private sphere: does the legislation 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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Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.