Comparing direct-to-consumer genetic testing services in English, Japanese, and Chinese websites
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- NAGAI KENTARO
- School of Information and Communication, Meiji University, Tokyo
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- TANAKA MIKIHITO
- School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo
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- MARCON ALESSANDRO R.
- Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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- SHINEHA RYUMA
- Research Center on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues, Osaka University, Osaka
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- TOKUNAGA KATSUSHI
- Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
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- CAULFIELD TIMOTHY
- Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton
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- TAKEZAWA YASUKO
- Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Kyoto
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Abstract
<p>Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) has rapidly become available and affordable throughout developed countries. However, comparative research on DTC-GT services beyond Western countries has remained scarce, particularly in East Asian countries such as Japan and China. Hence, this study’s hypothesis is that although DTC-GT services in three languages might utilize the same underlying testing technology, such services are likely to represent the social, economic, and political characteristics of each country. For the study, a total of 267 websites (182 English, 32 Japanese, and 53 Chinese) were analyzed and coded reflexively into five categories for content analysis before interpretation using cluster and factor analyses. The results demonstrated variation between the three languages that reflected their respective consumer cultures: English, Chinese, and Japanese genetic testing websites focused on empowerment and ancestry; cultural values, especially familism; and health and beauty, respectively.</p>
Journal
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- Anthropological Science
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Anthropological Science 131 (1), 3-13, 2023
The Anthropological Society of Nippon
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390858153778261376
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- NII Book ID
- AA11307827
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- ISSN
- 13488570
- 09187960
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- NDL BIB ID
- 032660653
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed