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Genes and insurance : = ethical, legal, and economic issues /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Genes and insurance :/ Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth.
Reminder of title:	ethical, legal, and economic issues /
remainder title:	Genes & Insurance
Author:	Radetzki, Marcus,
other author:	Radetzki, Marian,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Life insurance. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495373
ISBN:	9780511495373 (ebook)

Genes and insurance : = ethical, legal, and economic issues /
Radetzki, Marcus,

Genes and insurance :ethical, legal, and economic issues /Genes & InsuranceMarcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth. - 1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ;1. - Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ;2..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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.

The result of two key social developments in recent years are examined here: the partial dismantling of the welfare state and the progress of genetics. Genetic insights are increasingly valuable for risk assessment, and insurers would like to use these insights to help determine premiums. Combined with the fact that social welfare is being curtailed, this could potentially create an uninsured high-risk population. Along with considerations of autonomy and privacy, this is the basis for an ethical critique of insurer's access to information. The result has often been regulation of such information; but the authors argues that due to adverse selection, regulation will not solve these problems, and this may jeopardize the survival of private personal insurance. Instead, we should look towards the resurrection of social insurance, a key component of the welfare state. This will interest academic researchers as well as professionals involved with genetics and insurance.

ISBN: 9780511495373 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Life insurance.

LC Class. No.: HG8771 / .R33 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 368.3/012

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