title: Benchmarking retirement: a best practices decision.
abstract: Making the decision to retire from active practice is a complex process with very strong psychological overtones. Successful retirement demands preplanning, and financial preplanning must begin very early in the career to achieve the time value of money. Psychological preparation requires recognition that retirement is inevitable, and an avenue of change for yourself and your spouse should be identified, anticipated, and refined over time.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Anast
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003657:Decision Making; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009042:Motivation; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*