Public Attitudes Regarding Genetic Research: Summary of Methods and Findings

Abstract

The Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Bioethics Program in Predictive Health Ethics Research commissioned the Survey Research Center at IUPUI to conduct a random-digit-dial telephone survey of Indiana residents in an effort to determine the following: the public’s perception of its own understanding of medical and genetic research, public confidence in medical and genetic research, the likelihood of participation if asked, and the sense of public control of genetic research. The following report details the main findings from this research.