Philip, Rekha Rachel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-6124
Venables, Emilie
Manima, Abdulla
Tripathy, Jaya Prasad
Philip, Sairu
Article History
Received: 7 June 2018
Accepted: 23 January 2019
First Online: 4 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Permission for this study was granted by the management committee of the Manjeri Pain and Palliative Care Unit (Ref No. R1/16–17). The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Government Medical College Manjeri, India (IEC No.01/EC03/2017/ GMCM) and the Ethics Advisory Group of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris France (EAG number: 97/16). Each participant provided written informed consent for the study prior to participation, including consent for being audio-recorded.
: All the participants gave their consent for their demographic details and direct quotes from their interviews to be used in this manuscript.
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