{"product_id":"next-physician-retirement","title":"NEXT: Flourishing in the New World of Physician Retirement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis title is available for pre-order now. Your copy will ship on October 23, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I do not want to do what I have done for the last 30 years, but I am in no way done!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhysician retirement is no longer a single event tied to a birthday — it's a process, and for many physicians, an unsettling one. In \u003cem\u003eNEXT: Flourishing in the New World of Physician Retirement\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles R. Stoner, DBA, and Thomas M. Waits, MD, MBA, draw on decades of coaching, clinical experience, and original research to help physicians navigate uncertainty, confront \"the void,\" and build a retirement defined by purpose rather than absence. Practical tools. Real physician voices. A path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor generations, physician retirement meant a fixed date, a farewell party, and an abrupt end to decades of identity built around medicine. That model no longer fits. Today, retirement is a process — often unfolding over years — and many physicians find themselves navigating it without a map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNEXT: Flourishing in the New World of Physician Retirement\u003c\/em\u003e, the authors — an organizational behavior scholar and executive coach paired with a recently retired oncologist — confront three problems physicians consistently face: uncertainty about when and how to transition, the disorienting \"void\" that so often follows retirement, and the absence of a plan for continued relevance and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than a year of research, secondary studies, and candid interviews with physicians at every stage of the retirement journey, Stoner and Waits offer more than encouragement — they offer a developmental pathway. Readers will find frameworks for self-assessment, real case examples, and practical models for building a next chapter that reflects their own energy, health, and sense of purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for physicians contemplating retirement — typically those in their mid-50s through early 70s — as well as for physician leaders supporting peers through this transition, \u003cem\u003eNEXT\u003c\/em\u003e moves beyond generic retirement advice to address what makes the physician experience distinct: an identity forged over decades of training and practice, and a transition that deserves the same intentionality physicians have brought to every other stage of their careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about stepping away. It's a book about what comes next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eInside, you will find:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear-eyed look at why so many physicians are reconsidering the traditional retirement timeline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools for assessing your own readiness, satisfaction, and burnout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrategies for navigating \"the void\" that so often follows retirement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA framework for discovering flow, purpose, and flourishing in your next stage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal, candid stories from physicians who have lived this transition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA practical, personalized action model for putting it all together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetirement, for physicians, doesn't have to mean stepping away from meaning. It can mean stepping into it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AAPL Shopify","offers":[{"title":"ship","offer_id":48725552529545,"sku":"IR-BNEXT-B-01","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/5578\/3490\/files\/Cover_NEXT_1600x800_9847fc39-387b-4ae4-a2ff-14130c9435df.png?v=1792424189","url":"https:\/\/www.physicianleaders.org\/products\/next-physician-retirement","provider":"AAPL Shopify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}