Genes and Insurance Ethical, Legal and Economic Issues

Name: Genes and Insurance Ethical, Legal and Economic Issues
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ISBN: 9780521054508

ISBN-10: 0521054508

ISBN-13: 9780521054508

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth

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The authors of this study emphasize the effectiveness of collectively funded public insurances as opposed to genetic information regulation within the private insurance sector. Genetics has provided tools to determine individuals' risk of future disease, which is of key interest for insurance companies in determining insurance premiums; but persons with high enough risk may remain uninsured. For this reason, genetic information has been regulated. But, regulation may not be the solution, according to the authors, and they call for the resumption of social insurance, a key element of the welfare state.

Book details

List price: $35.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.616



Preface



Introduction



Starting Points



The terminology and possibilities of genetics



Opportunities for insurers to use genetic information



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 legislation build on a consistent foundation?



Ethical Aspects



Ethical arguments for and against the right of insurance companies to genetic information



Evaluation



Conclusions and policy implications


Bibliography


Index