INSURED RISK IN HEALTH INSURANCE IN LIGHT OF NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELD OF GENETICS

Authors

  • Nada Bodiroga Vukobrat Faculty of Law University of Rijeka, Croatia
  • Loris Belanić Faculty of Law University of Rijeka, Croatia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.39.1.12

Keywords:

insured risk; genetic information; health insurance; genetic testing data protection; predictive genetic testing; personalized medicine

Abstract

The paper provides an analysis of insured risk in health insurance in light of new discoveries in the field of genetics. To begin with, the authors analyse the notion and the objective of personalized medicine; furthermore, they look into the significance of personalized medicine for
risk coverage in private health insurance as well as into the issues regarding the relationship between personalized medicine and individualized insurance risk. Comparative legal analyses of information and data protection in German, British and US laws makes a special part of the paper, where positive legal solutions are thoroughly analysed and critically reviewed. The authors analyse positive legal solutions in Croatian law and give their proposals de lege ferenda because it is a sensitive area not yet regulated in the Republic of Croatia.

Additional Files

Published

2020-11-05

How to Cite

Bodiroga Vukobrat, N., & Belanić, L. (2020). INSURED RISK IN HEALTH INSURANCE IN LIGHT OF NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELD OF GENETICS. Collected Papers of the Law Faculty of the University of Rijeka, 39(1), 353–374. https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.39.1.12

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2018): Collected papers of the Law Faculty of the University of Rijeka

Section

ARTICLES

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