Table 2 Interview guide used in interviews
Warm-up question | Do you have, or have you had, anyone close to you with Parkinson’s disease? |
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Warm-up question | Have you previously heard of medical treatments using cells taken from embryos? |
If you think of when you first heard of medical treatments using cells from embryos, what were your first spontaneous thoughts? | |
What is your view on using embryos for treatment of Parkinson’s disease? | |
What is your view on that donated embryos are destroyed in the process? | |
What is your view on that companies may profit from selling these medical products? | |
Follow-up question | In this question, what is important to you? Interests/values? To whom? |
Follow-up question | What affects your outlook on this matter, do you think? Any beliefs? |
If you reflect, on what you have told me so far, what aspects are most important to you concerning using surplus embryos to treat Parkinson’s Disease? | |
Have you changed your view on this matter during the interview? | |
Summarize the interview | [Interviewer sums up what the participant has described so far] |
Have I misinterpreted something, or do you want to add something? | |
The purpose of this interview was to explore your views on using donated embryos for medical treatment and any values or interests related to it. Is there something you think of that has not been brought up yet? |