Schmid, Gordian Lukas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8238-3302
Kühnast, Beatrice
Heise, Marcus
Deutsch, Tobias
Frese, Thomas
Article History
Received: 26 August 2019
Accepted: 3 January 2020
First Online: 13 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: According to the Model Professional Code for Physicians [CitationRef removed], an explicit ethics approval was deemed unnecessary for this study because no personal data of patients was collected. After being informed of the study, all participants completed this anonymous survey on a voluntary basis.
: The participating GPs were informed in writing about the use and publication of their anonymized data and consented by voluntarily returning the completed questionnaire.
: TF is an associate editor on the editorial board of BMC Family Practice. There are no further competing interests.