Cognitive Changes and Retirement among Senior Surgeons (CCRASS): Results from the CCRASS Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Bieliauskas, Linas A ^a,b   Langenecker, Scott ^b   Graver, Christopher ^d   Lee, H Jin ^b   O'Neill, Jillian ^b   Greenfield, Lazar J ^c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45449113723     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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