Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth

Genes and Insurance

Ethical, Legal and Economic Issues

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Considers problems associated with genetic information in an age of declining welfare provision, and offers direction for future policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780521054508
• ISBN-10: 0521054508
• Artikelnr.: 23365232

Inhaltsangabe

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.