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The content of patient counseling about interchangeable medicines and generic substitution in Finnish community pharmacies - a survey of dispensers

Published Online: 2019-12-11

Published Print: 2019-12

Authors

Rainio, Riikka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3554-1777
Ahonen, Riitta

Timonen, Johanna
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (3/26/2017)
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Article History

Received: 13 June 2019

Accepted: 29 November 2019

First Online: 11 December 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study setting and research process were executed in compliance with local and national ethical instructions for research [, ]. According to the guidelines drawn up by the National Advisory Board on Research Ethics (TENK), this study required no ethical approval, because an ethical review is not required for this type of human sciences research in Finland []. Participation in this study was voluntary and answering to the questionnaire and mailing it to the researchers was regarded as an informed consent to participate in the survey [].

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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