Prof Knut Holtedahl

qualifications: MD, PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, literature review, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, wrote the first draft, statistical analysis

position: Professor Emeritus

Professor emeritus of General practice at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsoe. Have combined Research, teaching and one-day-a-week clinical work. Research in primary care mainly applying clinical epidemiology. Main research interest Early diagnosis of cancer in primary care. Member of excecutive group of The cancer and primary care research international network (Ca-PRI)

Benedicte Scheel

qualifications: MD

contribution: wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts, statistical analysis, input data

position: Research fellow

A/Prof May-Lill Johansen

qualifications: MD, PhD

contribution: designed the project, literature review, contributed to drafts, input data

position: Associate professor

Qualitative methods, primary care, interprofessional education, palliative care , medically unexplained symptoms, doctor-patient relationship, GP-role, patient perspectives