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From the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.
Disclosures: Effective 15 August 2016, Dr. Brennan became Director of the National Library of Medicine. She has reported no conflicts of interest. Her form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M16-1737.
Corresponding Author: Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Building 38, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894; e-mail, patti.
Author Contributions: Drafting of the article: P.F. Brennan.
Final approval of the article: P.F. Brennan.
This article was published at www.annals.org on 16 August 2016.
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