Funding for this research was provided by:
Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
Article History
Received: 27 November 2017
Accepted: 17 August 2018
First Online: 29 August 2018
Authors’ information
: AA is a senior researcher at the Research Unit for General Practice in Bergen and also works as a GP in the southern part of Norway. EH is a clinical psychologist, project co-ordinator at Uni Research Health, and a PhD student at Haukeland University Hospital. SM is a senior researcher at Uni Research Health, associate professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health and Social Sciences, and has additional clinical work experience as a physiotherapist.
: The participants presented their experiences without revealing identifiable information about patients. The Regional Committee for Ethics in Medical Research assessed the study to be outside of their mandate (2015/560). The Norwegian Social Science Data Services approved the study (45866). The work has been carried out in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki).
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