Brackenridge's Medical Selection of Life Risks [Hardcover]

The fifth edition of this leading reference book on insurance medicine, 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.PART ONE A Historical Survey of the Development of Life Assurance; R.D.C.Brackenridge Forms of Life and Health Insurance Contracts; P.C.Maynard Principles of Risk Selection and Classification; H.A.Woodman The Application of Life Table Methodology to Risk Appraisal; R.B.Singer The Rating of Substandard Lives; M.W.Kita Underwriting Genetic Diseases; J.A.Lowden Underwriting Older Ages; L.Goodwin Underwriting Younger Ages; P.D.Snow Disability Insurance; J.LoCascio Long Term Care Underwriting; D.C.Elliott & E.Rubi Impaired Lives Annuities; G.H.Robb & R.Willets Structured Settlements; J.A.Ryan Jr. & R.Harbin Application Processing; G.Bundock Life Underwriting and Information Technology; D.E.Hodkinson PART TWO The Concept of Health and Disease; R.D.C.Brackenridge The Medical Examination; R.D.C.Brackenridge Drawing Conclusions From Test Results; R.E.Braun Build; K.Somerville Blood Pressure; R.D.C.Brackenridge Diabetes Mellitus; G.H.Robb & R.Lawrenson Cardiovascular Disorders: Part A: Coronary Heart Disease; B.R.MacKenzie Part B: Arrhythmias, Valvular and other Disorders; R.S.Croxson Part C: Congenital; G.R.Cumming Electrocardiography; M.Clark Respiratory Disorders; R.C.Richie & M.L.Engman Disease of the Kidney and Urinary Tract; H.L.Minuk Disease of the Liver and Alimentary Tract; M.E.C.Thorpe Oncology; S.B.Cannon Blood Disorders; U.Wandl Endocrine Disorders; A.D.Toft Diseases of the Nervous System; F.C.Rose Psychiatric Disorders; U.Wandl Substance Abuse: Part A: Drugs and Alcohol; R.W.Watson Part B: Tobacco; R.W.Watson Rheumatic Disorders; R.D.C.Brackenridge Musculoskeletal Disorders; R.D.C.Brackenridge Infectious Diseases; J.von Overbeck l.