Making the normal deviant: The introduction of predictive medicine in life insurance

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1225-1235

  Van Hoyweghen, Ine ^a   Horstman, Klasien ^b   Schepers, Rita ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Citizenship; Ethnography; Genetics; Health policy; Insurance; Lifestyle; Responsibility; Risk

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; INSURANCE INDUSTRY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; TRUST;

BELGIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745861671     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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