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On Being a Doctor |15 July 1997

On Retirement

Robert H. Moser, MD

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Retirement is defined as “to withdraw from business or public life so as to live at leisure on one's income, savings or pension.” This strikes me as terribly parched and resonating with doom, a dreary prescription for early demise. Yet there may be some truth in it. I am a veteran observer of unsuccessful retirements. I remember a tough, vigorous, 62-year-old four-star general who had commanded a corps in combat in Korea and an army in peacetime, each with distinction. I had the pleasure of conducting his physical examination for retirement. He had minimal stiffness and discomfort from mild osteoarthritis...
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Moser RH. On Retirement. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127:159–161. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-2-199707150-00013

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(2):159-161.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-2-199707150-00013

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