Brackenridge’s Medical Selection of Life Risks

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Historical Survey of the Development of Life Assurance....Pages 3-19
Types of Life and Health Insurance Policies....Pages 21-32
Principles of Risk Selection and Classification....Pages 33-43
The Application of Life Table Methodology to Risk Appraisal....Pages 45-69
The Rating of Substandard Lives....Pages 71-98
Underwriting Genetic Diseases....Pages 99-114
Older Age Underwriting....Pages 115-131
Underwriting Younger Ages: Pediatric Mortality Risk Evaluation....Pages 133-144
Principles of Disability: Benefits and Underwriting....Pages 145-162
Long-Term Care Underwriting....Pages 163-176
Impaired Life Annuities....Pages 177-182
Structured Settlements....Pages 183-187
Application Processing....Pages 189-193
Life Underwriting and Information Technology....Pages 195-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
The Concept of Health and Disease....Pages 207-219
The Physical Examination....Pages 221-240
Laboratory Testing and Risk Classification....Pages 241-250
Build....Pages 251-269
Blood Pressure....Pages 271-287
Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 289-315
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Cardiovascular Disorders....Pages 317-543
Electrocardiography....Pages 545-558
Respiratory Disorders....Pages 559-609
Diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract....Pages 611-654
Diseases of the Liver and Alimentary Tract....Pages 655-710
Oncology....Pages 711-744
Diseases of the Blood....Pages 745-779
Endocrine Disorders....Pages 781-797
Diseases of the Nervous System....Pages 799-838
Psychiatric Disorders....Pages 839-871
Substance Abuse....Pages 873-894
Rheumatic Disorders....Pages 895-909
Musculoskeletal Disorders....Pages 911-934
Infectious Diseases....Pages 935-968
HIV and AIDS....Pages 969-990
Tropical Diseases....Pages 991-1009
Pregnancy and Female Reproductive Disorders....Pages 1011-1019
Miscellaneous Impairments....Pages 1021-1035
Back Matter....Pages 1037-1094