Velan, Baruch http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2725-3249
Ziv, Arnona
Kaplan, Giora
Rubin, Carmit
Connelly, Yaron
Karni, Tami
Tal, Orna
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (R55/2016)
Article History
Received: 28 August 2018
Accepted: 31 January 2019
First Online: 18 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study does not relate to human material, or human data, but examines attitudes and opinions. Surveyees were informed about the purpose of the study and the use of the data, and were assured of anonymity. Consent was not required since the mere response to our online questionnaire indicates that the respondents were willing to provide the information. The study was also approved, and the consent was waivered by the ethical committee of the Asaf Harofeh Medical Center (fileĀ 0180/18 ASAF).
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: We did not identify financial and non-financial competing interests for the authors.Nevertheless, one should note that TK is the chair of the IMAs ethics bureau, and questions reflect her attempt to understand the ethical stands of IMA members.
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