Public Bodies - Private Lives : The Historical Construction of Life Insurance, Health Risks, and Citizenship in the Netherlands, 1880-1920

This book deals with the public role of medicine. It focuses on the introduction of risk selection and analyses the interrelatedness of medicine and life insurance. It demonstrates how the medical involvement in life insurance has contributed to a redefinition of health in terms of risks, the construction of the body as a public body, and the individualization of the responsibility for preventive behavior. Preface; Introduction. I The making of a medical practice; II The medical examination: constructing reliability; III Public and private spheres: redefining boundaries; IV Healthy and unhealthy risks; V Insured lives. Sources; Bibliography; Index.Horstman, Klasien is the author of 'Public Bodies - Private Lives : The Historical Construction of Life Insurance, Health Risks, and Citizenship in the Netherlands, 1880-1920', published 2002 under ISBN 9789052351568 and ISBN 9052351562.