About the Authors

Stuart G. Nicholls

snicholl@uottawa.ca

Affiliation School of Epidemiology, Public health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Tavis P. Hayes

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jamie C. Brehaut

Affiliations School of Epidemiology, Public health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Michael McDonald

Affiliation The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Charles Weijer

Affiliation Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Raphael Saginur

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dean Fergusson

Affiliations School of Epidemiology, Public health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGN JCB DF MM RS CW. Performed the experiments: SGN TPH JCB. Analyzed the data: SGN TPH JCB. Wrote the paper: SGN JCB DF TPH MM RS CW.