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In the past, there was a tendency for public policy to be produced without any attempt to canvass the views of the public. Any input to policy making tended to be via proxies of public opinion such as lobby groups or the media. This is changing with policy makers and politicians being increasingly influenced by market research surveys, focus groups, etc. (Gould 1998).
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Shickle, D. (1999). Cloning, God, Hitler and Mad Scientists. In: Caulfield, T.A., Williams-Jones, B. (eds) The Commercialization of Genetic Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4713-6_10
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