Genetics and Insurance
By: McGleenan, T
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Contributor(s): Ewald, Francois | McGleenan, T | Wiesing, U | Ewald, Francois | McGleenan, T.
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BookPublisher: UK: Bios Scientific Pub Ltd, 1999Edition: 1st ed.Description: 127 p.ISBN: 0387915958 (hardcover); 9780387915951 (hardcover).Subject(s): Genetics | Health insurance | Genetic screening | Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects | Medical policyDDC classification: 616.042 McGleenan 19254 1st 1999 Genetics Summary: Compiled by a well known and respected team of editors and contributors from interdisciplinary backgrounds, this book has its origins in the Euroscreen project, a research project funded by the European Commission to examine the legal and ethical issues arising from the use of genetic testing and screening since 1990. Contributors from members of a sub-group look at the likely impact of genetic testing on insurance. It will be published at a point when the significant controversy surrounding this issue will have intensified throughout the European Union. Although taking a European perspective, it addresses US issues where there is a strong interest in comparative legislative strategies, taking a themed approach, this book looks comprehensively at the basis issues with an analytical rather than a descriptive approach.
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Compiled by a well known and respected team of editors and contributors from interdisciplinary backgrounds, this book has its origins in the Euroscreen project, a research project funded by the European Commission to examine the legal and ethical issues arising from the use of genetic testing and screening since 1990. Contributors from members of a sub-group look at the likely impact of genetic testing on insurance. It will be published at a point when the significant controversy surrounding this issue will have intensified throughout the European Union. Although taking a European perspective, it addresses US issues where there is a strong interest in comparative legislative strategies, taking a themed approach, this book looks comprehensively at the basis issues with an analytical rather than a descriptive approach.
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