Table 1.Consequences of the use of genetic information.

Issue

Lawyers

(n=58)

Legal articles

(n=49)

Lay Civilians

(n=76)

Students

(n=77)

Scientists

(n=74)

Biomedical articles

(n=127)

Treatment-Diagnosis %

48

77

45

60

91

74

Prevention %

19

22

8

10

26

18

Enhancement (beauty, intelligence) %

16

4

9

14

15

12

Instrumentation (power) %

21

16

16

12

18

7

Inequity %

28

8

9

12

22

10

Commercialization %

22

39

8

7

11

14

Discrimination %

45

49

7

4

23

20

God’s role %

0

0

11

5

0

2

Eugenics %

10

24

0

0

4

17

Lack of research support %

2

0

1

4

62

5

Regulation necessity%

66

78

5

0

18

17

Privacy %

29

76

1

3

12

12

Lack of information %

14

0

11

9

3

0


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