PEDIATRICS Vol. 78 No. 2 August 1986, pp. 377
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Life Insurance for Disabled Children

DENNIS J. VINCE MD, FRCP(C)1

1 Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

To the Editor.—

Most parents consider the achievement of financial and psychologic independence as a desirable goal for their children. In our increasingly complex society, these goals are becoming difficult to achieve. To finance self-employment opportunities or to purchase a home, disabled adults usually require life insurance. Because of this, many parents of disabled children apply for life insurance for their child so that these options will be available to them as adults. The life insurance company usually will then request that the child's physician comment on the medical condition and prognosis.