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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hoyweghen, Ine van.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (197 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Care & welfare Care & welfare.
Subject:	Medical genetics -- Social aspects. Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Discrimination in insurance. Discrimination in insurance. Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medical genetics -- Social aspects. Electronic books.
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.