About the Authors

Jennifer B. McCormick

Affiliations Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Angie M. Boyce

Affiliations Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mildred K. Cho

micho@stanford.edu

Affiliations Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBM AMB MC. Performed the experiments: JBM AMB. Analyzed the data: JBM AMB MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC. Wrote the paper: JBM MC.