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Author Hoyweghen, Ine van.

Title Risks in the making : travels in life insurance and genetics / Ine van Hoyweghen.

Imprint Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006.
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Description 1 online resource (198 pages).
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computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Care & Welfare
Care & welfare.
Contents I. Risky business : the collision of genetics and life insurance -- II. "Genetics is not the issue" : insurers on genetics and life insurance -- III. Risky bodies stage 1 : constituting the underwriting practice -- IV. Risky bodies stage 2 : governing by numbers -- V. Risky bodies stage 3 : the art of underwriting -- VI. Risky bodies future stage? : risk carriers and risk takers -- VII. Towards experimental learning.
Summary Opens up an important examination of risk selection procedures in insurance.
Note Print version record.
Access This work is licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0).
Subject Medical genetics -- Social aspects.
Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Discrimination in insurance.
Génétique médicale -- Aspect social.
Génétique médicale -- Aspect moral.
Discrimination dans les assurances.
Ethical issues and debates.
Mathematics and science.
Science: general issues.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Discrimination in insurance
Medical genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Medical genetics -- Social aspects
Business & Economics.
Finance.
Insurance.
Other Form: Print version: 9789053569276
ISBN 9789048503421 (electronic bk.)
9048503426 (electronic bk.)
9789053569276
9053569278
9790000000000
9781281979117 (online)
1281979112
Standard No. 340148
AU@ 000048782080
DEBBG BV044133551
DEBSZ 430711530
GBVCP 1003607411
GBVCP 865732787
GBVCP 869962361

 
    
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