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. 2015 Apr 29;24(1):21–29. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.58

Table 1. Members within each stakeholder group.

Public (n=4961)
2% (n=158) Have taken part in biobank research; 3% (n=694) have had genetic testing or sequencing before; 83% (n=4109) have had no involvement with genetics before
Genetic health professionals (n=533)
26% (n=136) Clinical geneticist; 26% (n=140) genetic counsellor; 33% (n=176) diagnostic lab scientist; 15% (n=81) genomic researcher and health professional
Non-genetic health professional (n=843)
22% (n=185) Doctor (eg, GP, radiologist, surgeon, oncologist, paediatrician, med student); 57% (n=483) professionals allied to medicine (eg, nurse, dietician, occupational therapist, ambulance driver, clinical trials etc); 21% (n=175) medical administrators, ethics committee member, health researcher
Genomic researcher (n=607)
44% (n=267) Computer-based scientist (ie, bioinformatician); 41% (n=249) lab scientist (inc Head/PI); 15% (n=91) other (eg, policy, education, social scientist, ethicist, public health)