Genetics and Life Insurance: Medical Underwriting and Social Policy

Genetics and Life Insurance: Medical Underwriting and Social Policy pdf

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Le professeur Rothstein est nommé conjointement à la Brandeis School of Law et à la School of Medicine. Il est titulaire de la chaire Herbert F. Boehl de droit et de médecine et est le directeur fondateur de l'Institut de bioéthique, de politique de la santé et de droit de la faculté de médecine de l'Université de Louisville. Il a rejoint la faculté de l'Université de Louisville en 2001. Le professeur Rothstein a concentré ses recherches sur la bioéthique, la génétique, la confidentialité de la santé, le droit de la santé publique, l'éthique de la recherche et le droit du travail. De 1999 à 2008, il a été président du sous-comité sur la vie privée et la confidentialité du comité national sur les statistiques vitales de la santé, le comité consultatif statutaire du secrétaire à la santé et aux services sociaux sur la politique d'information sur la santé. Il est ancien président de l'American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. Il a également été rédacteur en chef de l'éthique de la santé publique pour l'American Journal of Public Health de 2011 à 2019 et écrit une chronique régulière sur la bioéthique pour le Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. De plus, le professeur Rothstein est l'auteur de 19 livres et de plus de 300 articles sur ses domaines de recherche.

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Genetics and Life Insurance: Medical Underwriting and Social Policy pdf par Mark Rothstein

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. But rapid advances in gene identification and genetic testing are changing the way we look at genetic information. Should the results of genetic testing (which might identify a predisposition toward disease not related to medical history) be available to life insurance medical underwriters? Few if any life insurers currently require genetic testing, but there are no laws or regulations prohibiting its use. Genetics and Life Insurance examines the complex economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of genetic information in life insurance underwriting. The contributors are legal scholars, representatives of the life insurance industry (including an actuary and an insurance physician), a geneticist, a genetic counselor, a philosopher, and a consumer advocate. They explore all aspects of an issue that has only recently drawn the attention of policymakers and the public. The book opens with a report on the results of a public opinion poll on genetics and life insurance. Succeeding chapters present the insurer perspective, a discussion of the economics of risk selection in life insurance, background information on the process of underwriting, a scientific analysis of genetic risks and mortality rates, a philosophical discussion of fairness and genetic underwriting, the viewpoints of consumers and genetics counselors, a comparison of different international policy approaches to the issue, and a legal analysis of antitrust implications when insurers collaborate in setting standards for medical underwriting. In the final chapter the editor addresses various policy options, examining the pros and cons of each one and assessing their political feasibility.

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