Genetics and Life Insurance: Medical Underwriting and Social Policy

Experts discuss the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of genetic testing in determining eligibility for life insurance.

Insurance companies routinely use an individual's medical history and family medical history in determining eligibility for life insurance; this is part of the process of medical underwriting. Insurers have also long used genetic information, often derived from family history, in underwriting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512599
• ISBN13: 9780262512596
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher