Genes and insurance : ethical, legal, and economic issues /
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| Author / Creator: | Radetzki, Marcus. |
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| Uniform title: | Att nyttja genetisk information. English |
| Edition: | Updated ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | viii, 170 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge law, medicine and ethics Cambridge studies in the law of medicine. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5061075 |
Table of Contents:
- 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
