Accepting the challenges of ageing and retirement in ourselves: The need for psychiatrists to adopt a consensus approach

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 425-430

  Wijeratne, Chanaka ^a,c,d   Peisah, Carmelle ^b,c,d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Northern Sydney Local Health District ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Australian Centre for Capacity   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CAREER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW; MANDATORY TESTING; MENTAL DISEASE; MONITORING; NOTE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RETIREMENT; SCREENING; SOCIAL COGNITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

AGING; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84880563950     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413477220     Document Type: Note

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