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Retirement: A Debate

Retirement gets a lot of notice these days, and as a physician wrestling against it, I thought our readers might benefit from the following, in part from recent issues of Yale Medicine, courtesy of its wise editor Michael Fitzsousa.
-- Howard Spiro

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Why I Retired
Hebert J. Kaufmann, M.D.

It's Never Too Late to Work:
An Open Letter to Herbert Kaufmann
Howard Spiro, M.D.

A Response to Howard Spiro's Open Letter
Herbert J. Kaufmann, M.D.

A Reaction to Hebert Kaufmann's Remarks
James Scheuer, M.D.

For additional reactions to Dr. Kaufmann's article, please visit
http://www.med.yale.edu/external/pubs/ym_au03/letters.html

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Published: January 25, 2004 and August 19, 2004