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

Author:: Hoyweghen, Ine van
Published:: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (197 pages).

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Care & welfare

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Contents:

Risky Business: The Collision of Genetics and Life Insurance -- "Genetics Is Not The Issue": Insurers on Genetics and Life Insurance -- Risky Bodies Stage I: Constituting the Underwriting Practice -- Risky Bodies Stage II: Governing by Numbers -- Risky Bodies Stage III: The Art of Underwriting -- Risky Bodies Future Stage? Risk Carriers and Risk Takers -- Towards Experimental Learning.

Summary:

Opens up an important examination of risk selection procedures in insurance.

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ISBN:

9781429472685 (electronic bk.)
1429472685 (electronic bk.)
9789053569276
9053569278

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and index.

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