Professional women's retirement adjustment: The experience of reestablishing order

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-355

  Price, Christine A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional; Retirement; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATION; PROCESS MODEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0038446419     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(03)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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