Genetics and life insurance : medical underwriting and social policy / edited by Mark A. Rothstein.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2004], ©2004.

xiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Public attitudes / Mark A. Rothstein and Carlton A. Hornung -- The insurer perspective / Roberta B. Meyer -- The economics of risk selection / Arnold A. Dicke -- Medical underwriting / Robert K. Gleeson -- Genetic risks and mortality rates / J. Alexander Lowden -- The functions of insurance and the fairness of genetic underwriting / Norman Daniels -- Perspectives of consumers and genetics professionals / Wendy R. Uhlmann and Sharon F. Terry -- A comparative international overview / Bartha Maria Knoppers, Béatrice Godard, and Yann Joly -- Antitrust implications of insurers' collaborative standard setting / Robert H. Jerry II -- A consumer agenda / J. Robert Hunter -- Policy recommendations / Mark A. Rothstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.