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Article History

Received: 18 April 2023

Accepted: 5 February 2025

First Online: 13 March 2025

Declarations

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: Commissioned by the hospital’s statutory Patients’ Rights Commission in respect of the ethical standard principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, the study protocol was carried out respecting the relevant guidelines in Tong et al.’s [] Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research guidelines (COREQ). Since no patient or professional health data were involved, no prior approval under French law was required by the Comité d’éthique IUCT-O (Ethics committee/Institutional Review Board). The committee thus waived the need for ethical approval. However, both to foster discussion on the ethics of PC and on a reviewer’s suggestion, given the procedure of collecting verbal informed consent, the committee reviewed the project once underway, approved it and granted a favourable opinion: aims were pertinent, and participants were fully informed; methods were appropriate and clear; participation was voluntary; data security and anonymity were guaranteed (in accordance with French regulations MR-003); verbal informed consent was recorded; feedback on study outcomes and results was promised.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.