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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