About the Authors

David Schleifer

david.schleifer@gmail.com

Affiliation Center on Medicine as a Profession, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

David J. Rothman

Affiliation Center on Medicine as a Profession, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS DJR. Performed the experiments: DS DJR. Analyzed the data: DS DJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS DJR. Wrote the paper: DS DJR.