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The impact of retirement on the individual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Ann E McGoldrick
Ann E McGoldrick*
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The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Ann McGoldrick, Department of Management, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Street, Manchester M1 3GH, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 151 - 160
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