Sterie, Anca-Cristina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1607-5229
Bernard, Mathieu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (Research in palliative care)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2018
Accepted: 9 April 2019
First Online: 18 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study concerning IPOS’s adaptation and validation to French was approved by the Ethics Commission of the Canton of Vaud (ref: 2016–01352). The Ethics Commission esteemed that participation to the transcultural adaptation does not fall under the jurisdiction of the relevant Law on human research (Loi relative à la recherche sur l’être humain, 30.09.2011), and that participants only needed to provide their oral consent. Oral and written consent was obtained for participation to the psychometric validation of IPOS.
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