Your genes in insurance: from genetic discrimination to genomic solidarity

摘要: Advances in genomics and postgenomics have renewed interest the impact of genomic health information on private life insurance across Europe. These developments reopen issue how genes – apart from being object discrimination (exclusion) also operate as generators solidarity (inclusion). This article traces several regulating genetics its social implications European context. At first, were viewed a source differentiation, which led to fears ‘genetic discrimination’ insurance. In response, genetic nondiscrimination regulations enacted Current debates use actually opened up possibilities for form between ‘all us’. The introduction genomes appears turn practices actuarial risk increasingly into ‘discriminatory’ by challenging larger fundamental...