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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. brcraig@med.umich.edu.
² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.

Editorial

Craig S Brown et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;35(7):2193-2194.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05847-6. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. brcraig@med.umich.edu.
² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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