Levkovich, Inbar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-3889
Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret
Karkabi, Khaled
Ayalon, Liat
Funding for this research was provided by:
This study was supported by a grant from the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (No. 2016/16/ℵ)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2017
Accepted: 21 May 2018
First Online: 11 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Before the family physicians consented to participate in the interview, they were given both written and oral information about the interview and the study; and an agreement form was signed if they chose to participate. All data from the interviews were stored safely, and only the researcher had access to the data. Interviews were coded and, therefore, no identities could be seen. This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethical Committee in Kfar Saba, Israel, The Meir Medical Center Hospital Ethics Committee, No. 0262–16-MMC.
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