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Author Radetzki, Marcus

Title Genes and insurance : ethical, legal, and economic issues / Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth
Edition Updated ed
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 170 pages)
Series Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics
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
Summary "This book will interest academic researchers and professionals involved with genetics and insurance."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index
Notes Translated from the Swedish
Print version record
Subject Life insurance.
Life insurance -- Law and legislation.
Genetic screening -- Moral and ethical aspects
Privacy, Right of.
Genetic Testing -- ethics
Genetic Testing -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance, Life
Genetic Privacy -- ethics
Genetic Privacy -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance, Life -- ethics
Insurance, Life -- legislation & jurisprudence
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- General.
Genetic screening -- Moral and ethical aspects
Life insurance
Life insurance -- Law and legislation
Privacy, Right of
Chronische Krankheit
Versicherbarkeit
Genanalyse
Sozialversicherung
Privatversicherung
Genanalyse.
Levensverzekering.
Gezondheidsrecht.
Verzekeringsrecht.
Recht op privacy.
Ethische aspecten.
Economische aspecten.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Radetzki, Marian
Juth, Niklas
ISBN 051106294X
9780511062940
0511179995
9780511179990
9780511495373
0511495374
1107138930
9781107138933
1280420146
9781280420146
0511203977
9780511203978
0511326289
9780511326288
Other Titles Att nyttja genetisk information. English