Managing the process of retirement : The medical professionals' perceptions

Author

Perera, Santiago

Martínez González, Maite

Monreal i Bosch, Pilar

Publication date

2013

Abstract

Barber and González (2009) have pointed out that about a third (31%) of the Spanish medical professionals working in the National Health System are between 50 and 60 years old. This indicates that many medical professionals will retire in the coming years, which could pose a threat to the sustainability of the healthcare system. In this paper we will approach the retirement of these workers as a process of adjustment that takes into account their decisions to change roles and can also be an element to foster well-being in and out of work. The analyses indicate that medical professionals demand a clear contribution in terms of the design of the retirement process from healthcare institutions. They want recognition of their role and expertise, and a collaborative approach to designing a retirement process.

Document Type

Article

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Retirement; Expertise; Physicians; Well-being

Publisher

 

Related items

Procedia: social and behavioral sciences ; Vol. 82 (2013), p. 657-662

Rights

open access

Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

This item appears in the following Collection(s)