Life insurance, the medical examination and cultural values

Journal of Historical Sociology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 190-214

  Jureidini, Ray ^a   White, Kevin ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; INSTRUMENTATION; INSURANCE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VITAL STATISTICS;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSURANCE, LIFE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0034346906     PISSN: 09521909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6443.00113     Document Type: Article

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