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The Physical Examination

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Abstract

This chapter deals with the basic clinical signs and symptoms that can be elicited from the medical examination for life insurance. It is on this information, together with that from the application and the APS, that the life underwriter bases the initial evaluation of the insurance risk.

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Authors
  1. R D C Brackenridge
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Swiss Re Life & Health, London, UK

    R. D. C. Brackenridge MD FRCP (Glasg) (Consulting Medical Officer) & Richard S. Croxson MB FRACP (Cardiologist, Chief Medical Officer) (Consulting Medical Officer) &  (Cardiologist, Chief Medical Officer)

  2. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Ross MacKenzie MD, FRCP (C) FACC (Cardiologist) (Cardiologist)

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Brackenridge, R.D.C. (2006). The Physical Examination. In: Brackenridge, R.D.C., Croxson, R.S., MacKenzie, R. (eds) Brackenridge’s Medical Selection of Life Risks. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-56632-7_16

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