Risks in the making : travels in life insurance and genetics /

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Author / Creator:Hoyweghen, Ine van.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (197 pages).
Language:English
Series:Care & welfare
Care & welfare.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152963
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ISBN:9781429472685
1429472685
9789053569276
9053569278
1281979112
9781281979117
9786611979119
6611979115
9048503426
9789048503421
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Opens up an important examination of risk selection procedures in insurance.
Other form:Print version: Hoyweghen, Ine van. Risks in the making. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007 9789053569276 9053569278
Table of Contents:
  • Risky Business: The Collision of Genetics and Life Insurance
  • "Genetics Is Not The Issue": Insurers on Genetics and Life Insurance
  • Risky Bodies Stage I: Constituting the Underwriting Practice
  • Risky Bodies Stage II: Governing by Numbers
  • Risky Bodies Stage III: The Art of Underwriting
  • Risky Bodies Future Stage? Risk Carriers and Risk Takers
  • Towards Experimental Learning.