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Table 1 Case vignette summary

From: Physicians’ pharmacogenomics information needs and seeking behavior: a study with case vignettes

Case vignette

Disease or condition

Medication focus

Problem

Patient

Main information-seeking driver

1

Gaucher’s disease

Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Hereditary risk

Prospective child of at risk parents

Parents desire to be prepared

2

Asthma

Albuterol

Worsening symptoms while on treatment

Pediatric male, no apparent environmental factors, twin sister with same problem

Father’s concern

3

Percutaneous coronary intervention

Clopidogrel

Loading dose prescription

65 –year old male, past smoker, no history of bleeding or increased clotting

Patient’s concern