Table 2.

A list of questions asked in the three focus group interviews

Physicians
What kind of experience have you had with regard to medical research in which you used patients' medical information and biological samples that had been previously taken during the course of medical diagnosis or treatments and medical check-ups, for research purposes?
Have you ever obtained informed consent from your patients when you used their information and samples? If you have done so, how?
Have you ever given your subjects feedback regarding the results of your investigations based on their medical information or biological samples?
What do you think of informed consent in epidemiological research that uses patients' medical information and biological samples that have been previously taken during the course of medical diagnosis or treatments and medical check-ups, for research purposes?