Year: 1973
Type: article
Abstract: JouRNAL 28 juLY 1973 already being made, and I would anticipate a successful outcome in due course.(2) So far as women doctors are con- cerned, they are in an unusual position in that for all service prior to March 1972 they will on retirement receive a substantial lump sum in lieu of a widower's pension.This lump sum is not received by a mar- ried man and pays for a half-pension for his widow.In the vast majority of cases the lump sum, received by the woman doctor and properly used, is worth more to the possible widower than the alternative pen- sion which might have been paid on the death of the woman doctor.(3) All this applies to service prior to March 1972, and the situation is quite different for service after March 1972, since for this the lump payment will not be de-
Source: BMJ
Author: J. C. Cameron
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2047956032