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Table 1 Overview of recruitment criteria

From: Balancing between reality, ideality, and equity: critical reflections from recruiting key informants for qualitative health research

Recruitment criteria

Definition

Gender

Gender balance, with a focus on the representation of women

Professional discipline

Physicians from different medical disciplines related to cancer screening, e.g., urology, dermatology

Migration background

First- or second-generation physician migrants from different Middle Eastern countries, e.g., Iran, Syria, Afghanistan

Cultural and linguistic background

Physicians proficient in languages spoken in the Middle East, e.g., Farsi, Dari, Pashto

Setting

Physicians working in different inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings