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The Aging Critical Care Physician: A 50-Year Progression of Events

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This chapter illustrates how thorough postgraduate training and successful research with excellent mentoring directed a young academician into a new and rapidly growing field in high demand and offered the opportunity for a leading position with international reputation and suitable continued involvement into retirement.

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Grenvik, A. (2016). The Aging Critical Care Physician: A 50-Year Progression of Events. In: Crippen, D. (eds) The Intensivist's Challenge. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30454-0_4

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