Do You Have What it Takes? Edited by Harvey White Consultant Surgeon, Harley Street, London, UK £14.95,  978-1-85315-502-4,  112pp,  Paperback,  July 2002

Sir Roger Bannister
'Many doctors having completed some 40 years of service may be forgiven for feeling that they have earned a rest…whatever your ultimate choice from a dizzying variety of options, this excellent book will both guide you and inspire you, so you will, "add life to years not just years to life", '

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Harvey White has assembled a formidable team of contributors…Few doctors entering their third age will not find something of interest in this little book.

Retired Fellows Newsletter, 2002
There is much to praise in this book.

Hospital Medicine, 2003
This is an enjoyable book, full of wisdom and humour. Should it be on the bookshelf of every department? Probably not, if only because its optimistic approach may encourage senior colleagues to leave early. However, as a retirement gift it is perfect.

Family Practice
If you are contemplating retirement you will find many parts of this book helpful. If you have already retired you will enjoy comparing your experiences with those of the authors of this book.

A happy and fulfilled retirement requires a certain amount of conscious consideration and planning. After a lifetime of medical practice, with its disruptive routines and substantial demands on time, the prospect of retirement can seem a double-edged sword.

Read this book and discover the dizzying variety of many ways you can keep yourself fulfilled and active during retirement and ensure you make the most of these precious years.

Some chapters are inspirational and entertaining such as travelling the globe and entering politics. Others are more instructive and deal with practical and financial issues. A few chapters deal with emotional and private aspects of life such as bereavement with great honesty and insight.

Contents:
The Retired Fellows Society of the Royal Society of Medicine - Kenneth Citron

Family, friends and location - Susan Paine

Marriage - a developing relationship in retirement - Rex Chester

Medical Screening and insurance - Alan Bailey

Fitness - Mark Harries

Lifestyle - David Hay

Continuing part-time work - William R Cattell

Continuing professional associations and life-long learning - David Innes Williams

Travel - Aileen K Adams

Returning to old interests - John Blandy

History, writing and editing - John Walton

Computing - Neville Davis and Ian Snowley

Entertainment in retirement - John Ballantyne

In and out of politics and medicine - Gerald Bowden

Pensions, inheritance and tax planning - Donald Birts and Hazel French

Citizens' Advice Bureau and old age benefits - Penelope Steel

Frailty - Ron Staker

Depression and mental adjustments in retirement - Brice Pitt

Bereavement - Elliot Philipp

Religion - Peter Pilkington

Index

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