Brackenridge's Medical Selection of Life Risks Fifth Edition

by Brackenridge, R. D. C.; Croxson, Richard S.; Mackenzie, B. Ross

• ISBN13: 9781403906762
• ISBN10: 1403906769
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Brackenridge's Medical Selection of Life Risks has long been recognized as the leading reference book on insurance medicine.The fifth edition provides a comprehensive guide to life expectancy for underwriters and clinicians involved in the life insurance industry. Extensively revised and expanded the new edition reflects developments in life and healthcare insurance as well as medicine. There is expanded coverage of disability issues and full account is taken of new developments in genetics and gene therapy and also recent technology and regulatory and compliance issues.

Author Biography

R.D.C. Brackenridge has had a long and distinguished career as Consulting Medical Officer to Swiss Re Life and Health. He was President of the Assurance Medical Society in 1977 and was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Insurance Medicine in 1995. Richard S. Croxson is Chief Medical Officer for Swiss Re Life and Health ( formerly Mercantile and General ). B. Ross Mackenzie is Chief Medical Director for Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada.

Table of Contents

Part One * A Historical Survey of the Development of Life Assurance * Forms of Life and Health Insurance * Contracts * Principles of Risk Selection and Classification * The Application of Life Table Methodology to Risk Appraisal * The Rating of Substandard Lives * Underwriting Genetic Diseases * Underwriting Older Ages * Underwriting Younger Ages * Disability Insurance * Long Term Care * Underwriting Impaired Lives * Annuities * Structured Settlements * Application Processing * Life Underwriting and Information Technology * Part Two * The Concept of Health and Disease * The Medical Examination * Drawing Conclusions from Test Results * Build Blood Pressure * Diabetes * Mellitus * Cardiovascular Disorders * Electrocardiography * Respiratory Disorders * Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders * Disease of the Kidney and Urinary Tract * Disease of the Liver and Alimentary Tract * Oncology * Blood Disorders * Endocrine Disorders * Diseases of the Nervous System * Psychiatric Disorders * Substance Abuse * Rheumatic Disorders * Musculoskeletal Disorders * Infectious and Tropical Disease * HIV and AIDS * Pregnancy and Female Reproductive Disorders * Miscellaneous Impairments