Table 1

Sample description

Respondents (number)

Respondent group

Age (years)

Males (number)

Females (number)

4

Danish oncology physicians working in a clinic at a public hospital

45–59

3

1

4

Danish molecular biologists employed at a public university working in a laboratory conducting basic research

31–57

2

2

4

Danish molecular biologists employed in a private biopharmaceutical company working in a laboratory conducting basic research

36–57

1

3

Ebbesen and Pedersen BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:5   doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-5