Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 39)
Characteristics | % (n) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 53.8 (21) |
Female | 46.2 (18) |
Field of ethical expertise | |
Bioethics (including clinical ethics) | 78.0 (29) |
Public health ethics | 22.0 (11) |
Parallel working: Research ethics (6), physicians (8), politics (5) | 31.6 (19) |
Experts stemming from the following continents | |
Europe Austria, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Romania, UK | 28.2 (11) |
Asia India, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Türkiye | 25.6 (10) |
Africa Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia | 15.4 (6) |
America Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, USA | 25.6 (10) |
Oceania Australia | 5.2 (2) |