%0 Journal Article
%A Arráez Aybar, Luis Alfonso
%A Villanueva Orbaiz, M. Rosa Rita
%A Catón Vázquez, Francisco Javier
%A García Gómez, Susana
%A Bueno López, José Luis
%T The role of an expert discussion panel on shaping the views of the undergraduate in health sciences on the use of stem cells and pre-implantation embryos
%D 2020
%@ 1575-1813
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7218
%X Introduction: There are four objectives to this paper: (1) To determine whether undergraduates enrolled in Health-Sciences studies agree with the use of human stem cells for medical research, treatment and genetic uses. (2) Whether they would consider the use of pre-implantationembryos for medical research. (3) Whether attitudes toward the previous two issues are linked to gender, field of study, transcendental/spiritual convictions and political biases. (4) A panel of discussion will modify their opinion. Results: The present study shows that, before attending a discussion panel session, media was the main source of information that the students had on the surveyed topics. A discussion panel was useful for clarifying respondents’ opinions on the explored items. Significantly, the discussion panel had an influence on those respondents who did not have a formed opinion on the explored items. Conclusions: A discussion panel is a convenient, but limited tool, in the shaping of undergraduate opinions on ethically controversial scientific matters.
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