About the Authors

Keiko Kurita

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Mark S. Lachs

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Ronald D. Adelman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Eugenia L. Siegler

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

M. Cary Reid

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Holly G. Prigerson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hgp2001@med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Reid received an investigator-initiated Independent Grant for Learning and Change award from Pfizer Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.