Gregory Carter, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Emiko Kamitani, PhD, RN, is a Specially Appointed Professor, Advanced Graduate Medical and Health Care, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

David E. Vance, PhD, MGS, is a Professor, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

*Corresponding author: David E. Vance, e-mail: [email protected]