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Jennifer and the Salon
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General Question
Results for Jennifer and the Salon
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1. What do you like about the technology in the story and why?
Category
Number of responses
Accessibility of testing
1
Caveat - concern about nanoparticles
1
Caveat - do not test for untreatable conditions
1
Caveat - risk to privacy/civil liberties
1
Combining physical and mental health would be good
10
Comments about the context/pack
3
Delays ageing
10
Dislike: Salon should not be like a lab
1
Enables people to live/work longer
15
Encourages healthy lifestyles
8
General support
4
Helps communication about health
2
Helps disease prevention/early diagnosis
19
Helps provide a sense of wellbeing
17
Improves quality of life
7
Potential for tailored/targeted treatment
11
Provides/allows interaction
4
Scientifically proven
4
Support for Alzheimers drugs
11
Support for cosmetic treatments
20
Support for gene therapy
2
Support for talking therapies
5
Wrong question answered
4
2. What do you dislike about the technology in the story and why?
Category
Number of responses
Comments about the pack/stories
4
Concern about animal testing
1
Concern about gene therapy
1
Concern about pensions
9
Creates worry/hypochondria
6
Difficult to regulate
1
Environmental impacts - water
2
Expensive/exclusive/socially divisive
16
Lack of demand
1
Lack of individual choice - to opt out
1
Lack of information about treatments
1
Lack of medical supervision
2
Lack of treatments for diseases
2
Pressure for people to work longer
10
Resource implications of people living longer
5
Risk of abuse/misuse
4
Risk of addiction
3
Risk of affecting insurance
4
Risk of failure/misinformation
17
Risk of overdependence
5
Risk of side effects
13
Risk of upsetting demographic balance
1
Risk to privacy/civil liberties
4
Tests could reveal parentage
1
The technology is not new
3
Too much focus on appearance/youth
19
Too much focus on products/consumerism
3
Unnatural/unnecessary/unethical
12
Use of tests for family engineering
1
Wrong question answered
1
3. Of the things you either like or dislike, which is the most important?
Category
Number of responses
Dislike: concern about being forced to work longer
1
Dislike: deciding whether to use the knowledge
1
Dislike: expensive/exclusive/socially divisive
4
Dislike: focus on youth/appearance
11
Dislike: implications of people living longer
2
Dislike: Lack of medical expertise
1
Dislike: pensions
4
Dislike: risk of abuse/misuse
1
Dislike: risk of failure
1
Dislike: Risk of side effects
9
Dislike: Risk to privacy/civil liberties
3
Dislike: unnecessary/unnatural
6
General comments about the story
4
Group was spilt/unable to decide
2
Like: combining physical and mental health
1
Like: disease prevention/early diagnosis
8
Like: enables people to live/work longer
5
Like: improves quality of life
2
Like: improves well-being/confidence
17
Like: tailored/targeted treatment
3
Like: treatments for Alzheimers
6
Need for regulation
1
Overall dislikes
4
Overall likes
4
Wrong question answered
2