2.5. Data collection instrument

The first author (RE) searched the related literature with keywords including pharmacists, community pharmacy, professionalism, responsibility, pharmacy practice, and ethics using PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane and ProQuest databases. At first, 617 documents were retrieved; after filteration by different terms including journal articles only, and English language, and evaluation of the abstract to assess its compatibility, 197 were considered for content analysis. More details about search strategy are presented in Fig. 1. At this stage, different dimensions of pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical care were achieved that could be challenging from ethical and professional points of view. Considering those dimensions, the research team brainstormed seven open-ended questions as the interview framework that was finalized after reviews and corrections. This framework was used to persuade the participants to state their opinions about the ethical challenges they are facing in everyday routine. Table 1 provides a summary of the content of these questions.

The article searches strategy and flowchart.

Summary of the content of the interview questions.