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Affiliations

• ¹ Staff Physician, Divisions of Respirology/Critical Care and Palliative Care, University Health Network; Staff Physician, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Sinai Health System; Associate Professor, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
• ² Director, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ont.
• ³ Biostatistician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
• ⁴ Information Specialist, Library and Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
• ⁵ Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Lecturer, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.