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Review Article| Volume 26, ISSUE 1, P207-217, January 2010

Acute Care Nurse Practitioners in Oncologic Critical Care: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Experience

  • Rhonda D'Agostino
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    Corresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue C1179, New York, NY 10065.
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    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue C1179, New York, NY 10065, USA

    Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue C1179, New York, NY 10065, USA
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  • Neil A. Halpern
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    Critical Care Medicine Service, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue C1179, New York, NY 10065, USA

    Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
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