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Article History

Received: 31 July 2024

Accepted: 4 November 2024

First Online: 12 November 2024

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Local Psychological Ethical Committee of the Center for Psychosocial Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (approval number LPEK-0367). This study was carried out in accordance to the latest version of the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association. Principles of good scientific practice was respected. Requirements for data protection were met. Participants gave written informed consent to participation and audio recording of the focus group interview. Participation in the study was voluntary.

: Not applicable.

: KM, AL, and KC declare that they have no competing interests. IS and MH declare that they currently are (MH) or have been (IS) members of the executive board of the International Shared Decision Making Society, which has the mission to foster shared decision making implementation and patient-centeredness. WF is currently an active member of tEACH, the teaching subcommittee of the International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH), which has the mission to explore and improve communication in healthcare. MH, IS, and WF have no further competing interests.

: During the preparation of this work, the authors used ChatGPT-3.5 in order to improve readability and language of the work. After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for the content of the publication..