Part of the Reason It Is Difficult to Define Retirement

question 43

Multiple Choice

Part of the reason it is difficult to define retirement precisely is that the decision to retire involves the loss of occupational identity with

• A) no obvious replacement for that loss.
• B) no assurance that a person will remain retired.
• C) a new replacement identity as a volunteer in an undetermined area of need.
• D) a replacement role as a member of a lower tax bracket.

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Definitions:

Recurrent Heart Attacks

Experiencing multiple episodes of myocardial infarction, which is the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die.

Mortality

The state of being subject to death; often used in statistics to refer to the rate of death in a population.

Catecholamines

A class of neurotransmitters that includes dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine, playing important roles in the body's stress response and emotional arousal.

Cytokines

Small proteins that are important in cell signaling. They are released by cells and affect the behavior of other cells, and sometimes the releasing cell itself.