Genes and insurance : ethical, legal, and economic issues / Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki, Niklas Juth.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

viii, 170 pages ; 24 cm.

Updated ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index.

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 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.