Kelly, Fiona http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-4655
McMillan, Sara
Spinks, Jean
Bettington, Emilie
Wheeler, Amanda J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health, Australian Government
The National Return & Disposal of Unwanted Medicines Limited
Article History
Received: 7 February 2018
Accepted: 26 June 2018
First Online: 17 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from Griffith University Human Research Ethics Committee (2016/449/GUHREC). Verbal consent was obtained from all interview participants prior to data collection. As per ethics guidelines, verbal consent was considered appropriate because the research involved telephone-based interviews across Australia and it was deemed impractical to exchange a written consent package. A researcher verbally described the project, interview and data management processes including deidentification of data. The researcher answered any participant questions and then read the verbal consent form prior to the interview commencing and audiorecorded participant verbal consent with permission. Participants were offered an information sheet about the study and interview process.
: Not applicable.
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