“We can’t get along without each other”: Qualitative interviews with physicians about device industry representatives, conflict of interest and patient safety

• Anna R. Gagliardi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anna R. Gagliardi, David R. Urbach

  * E-mail: anna.gagliardi@uhnresearch.ca

  Affiliation Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5721-809X

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• Pascale Lehoux ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Public Health Administration, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Ariel Ducey ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Anthony Easty ,

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  Affiliation Institute of Biomaterial & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Sue Ross ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Women & Children’s Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Chaim Bell ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Patricia Trbovich ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• David R. Urbach

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anna R. Gagliardi, David R. Urbach

  Affiliation Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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