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Received: 29 November 2017

Accepted: 4 April 2018

First Online: 26 April 2018

Authors’ information

: All authors are certified chiropractors from one of the three Scandinavian countries described in this study, and either work or have worked in chiropractic settings. They have intimate knowledge about the daily life and routines in chiropractic clinics, and have themselves faced the challenges of WDP and SAM of patients.

: In Sweden, the regional ethics committee evaluated the project and found that the study did not need ethical permission (advisory statement 2016/3:1). In Denmark, the Regional ethics of Southern Denmark gave approval for the study and declared that the study does not fall within the scope of the Medical Research Involving Human Subject Act (§14). Approval for data handling and storage covering both Denmark and Norway under the EEA-collaboration was granted from the Danish Data Protection agency. Prior to the interviews, written and oral information about the study were provided to the participants. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. All participants were advised that conversations were to be audio or video recorded, and assured of confidentiality and anonymity in reporting of the results.

: IA is an associate editor and MJS is a society representatives of Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, but had no influence over the review assignment or process. The authors declare that they have no further competing interests.

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