A test for the insurance industry

A test for the insurance industry

Life insurers claim they stand to lose unless allowed access to applicants' genetic information, but consumers insist such data should remain out of bounds. Could both sides be right?

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1998-02, Vol.391 (6670), p.835-836
1. Verfasser: Pokorski, Robert J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Actuarial Analysis
Alzheimer Disease - genetics
Bioethics
commentary
Disclosure
Disease
Genetic Privacy
Genetic Testing
Genetics
Heredity
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Insurance
Insurance Selection Bias
Insurance, Life
Life insurance companies
Long-Term Care
Morals
multidisciplinary
Privacy
Public Policy
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Social Justice
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Zusammenfassung:Life insurers claim they stand to lose unless allowed access to applicants' genetic information, but consumers insist such data should remain out of bounds. Could both sides be right?
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/35971