Religion and the public ethics of stem-cell research: Attitudes in Europe, Canada and the United States

Allum, Nick; Allansdottir, Agnes; Gaskell, George; Hampel, Jürgen; Jackson, Jonathan; Moldovan, Andreea; Priest, Simon; Stares, Sally; Stoneman, Paul

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“…While a proportion of 29.2% found that patients are willing to accept poor QOL after stem cell, 65.2% agreed on the fact that stem cell transplantation could be a life-saving treatment. With regards to the attitude category; table (5) showed that about three quarters 191 (76.4%) of the participants exhibited positive attitude towards stem cells use. …”

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Stem cells: knowledge and attitude among health care providers in Qassim region, KSA

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Background: Health care providers as a trusted source of information for most patients should be able to provide counseling services to patients on the new concept of stem cells utilization, benefits and its practice implications.Objective: this study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of health care providers in Qassim region regarding stem cells.Methods: Self-administered tools were utilized among 250 health care providers were chosen from five major hospitals in Qassim, including doctors, nurses, and other health care providers such as pharmacists, dietaries and administrative staff.Results: The participants were female,<30 years in age, had practiced for <10 years and nurses. About 56% of respondents had a moderate knowledge regarding stem cells, and only 31.2 % had good knowledge. About three quarters 191 (76.4%) of the participants exhibited positive attitude towards stem cells use. A Pearson’s correlation between knowledge and attitude scores was statistically significant. Conclusion: Data from the present study revealed the moderate levels of knowledge and positive attitude toward stem cells and its application among health care providers in Qassim. Therefore, this study suggests that educational programs on stem cells should be implemented to improve stem cells knowledge and encourage a more positive attitude.

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“…Discussions are often intense because of the different positions held by scientific, religious, social and political sources. These aspects are strongly associated with support for and opposition to stem-cell research in all regions (Allum et al, 2017). Most Muslim countries have not yet introduced laws on embryonic stem cell research.…”

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“…Since the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ (Darwin 1859 ), there has been contention about the relationship between evolution, genetics and religion (Allum et al 2014 , 2017 ; Curry 2009 ). For a full discussion on this topic, see Clark 2014 .…”

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New literacy challenge for the twenty-first century: genetic knowledge is poor even among well educated

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We live in an age of rapidly advancing genetic research. This research is generating new knowledge that has implications for personal health and well-being. The present study assessed the level of genetic knowledge and personal engagement with genetics in a large sample (N = 5404) of participants. Participants received secondary education in 78 countries, with the largest samples from Russia, the UK and the USA. The results showed significant group differences in genetic knowledge between different countries, professions, education levels and religious affiliations. Overall, genetic knowledge was poor. The questions were designed to assess basic genetic literacy. However, only 1.2% of participants answered all 18 questions correctly, and the average score was 65.5%. Genetic knowledge was related to peoples' attitudes towards genetics. For example, those with greater genetic knowledge were on average more willing to use genetic knowledge for their personal health management. Based on the results, the paper proposes a number of immediate steps that societies can implement to empower the public to benefit from ever-advancing genetic knowledge.

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“…Establishing greater public awareness of the distinction between germline and somatic cell editing has been repeatedly emphasized (Lanphier et al, 2015; Cartier-Lacave et al, 2016; Olson, 2016), yet we know little about whether public support is influenced by concerns about inherited edits being passed on to offspring. Previous studies have only compared support for gene editing somatic to embryonic cells (McCaughey et al, 2016; Gaskell et al, 2017) which may confound concern with inherited edits with moral or religious values attached to human embryos (Allum et al, 2017).…”

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Predicting Public Attitudes Toward Gene Editing of Germlines: The Impact of Moral and Hereditary Concern in Human and Animal Applications

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Background and Objective: New and more efficient methods of gene editing have intensified the ethical and legal issues associated with editing germlines. Yet no research has separated the impact of hereditary concern on public attitudes from moral concern. This research compares the impact these two concerns have on public attitudes across five applications including, the prevention of human disease, human and animal research, animals for the use of human food and the enhancement of human appearance. Methods: A sample of 1004 Australians responded to either a telephone (n = 501; randomly selected) or online survey (n = 503; sourced by Qualtrics). Both samples were representative in terms of States and Territories as well as gender (51% female), though the online sample was younger (M = 40.64, SD = 16.98; Range = 18-87) than the telephone sample (M = 54.79, SD = 18.13; Range = 18-96). A 5 (application) by 3 (type of cell) within groups design was utilized, where all respondents reported their level of approval with scientists editing genes across the 15 different contexts. Multilevel modeling was used to examine the impact of moral (embryo vs. germ) and hereditary (germ vs. somatic) concern on attitudes across all applications. Results: Australians were comfortable with editing human and animal embryos, but only for research purposes and to enhance human health. The effect of moral concern was stronger than hereditary concern, existing in all applications except for the use of animals for human purposes. Hereditary concern was only found to influence attitudes in two applications: improving human health and human research. Moral concern was found to be accentuated amongst, women, more religious individuals and those identifying as Australian, while hereditary concern was strongest amongst non-Australians, those with stronger trust in scientists, and more religious respondents. Critchley et al. Public Attitudes Toward Editing Germlines Conclusion: Moral and hereditary concerns are distinct, and require different approaches to public education, engagement and possibly regulation. Further research needs to explore hereditary concern in relation to non-human applications, and the reasons underlying cultural and gender differences.

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Religion and the public ethics of stem-cell research: Attitudes in Europe, Canada and the United States

Cited by 31 publications

References 16 publications

Stem cells: knowledge and attitude among health care providers in Qassim region, KSA

Stem cells: knowledge and attitude among health care providers in Qassim region, KSA

New literacy challenge for the twenty-first century: genetic knowledge is poor even among well educated

Predicting Public Attitudes Toward Gene Editing of Germlines: The Impact of Moral and Hereditary Concern in Human and Animal Applications

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