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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of participants in focus group interviews

From: Attitudes of the Japanese public and doctors towards use of archived information and samples without informed consent: Preliminary findings based on focus group interviews

  

Female participants

Male participants

Physicians

Number

7

7

7

Age

35–54

35–55

37–44

Occupation

Full time

0

7

NA(not applicable)

 

Part time

4

0

NA

 

None

3

0

NA

Specialty

Internal Medicine

NA

5

 

Emergency/ICU

NA

1

 

Anesthesiology

NA

1

Duration of practice (years)

NA

12–17

Inpatient care

Interviewee him/ herself

5

3

NA

 

Interviewee's relatives

6

7

NA