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nisters chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Departmen
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t, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-
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old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes
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the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
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