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Article History

Received: 9 January 2019

Accepted: 19 March 2019

First Online: 29 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was approved by the local ethics review committee, faculty of medicine, University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka (Reference number 16.11.2016:3.1). Prior informed written consent was obtained for pseudo-patient visits and audio recording of the interaction during the self-reported survey phase of the research project. The processing of participants’ personal data was anonymised, and all data were kept confidential, including personal identifiers complied with local data protection legislations.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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