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"ref": "1987, Sue Vineyard, How to Take Care of You . . . So You Can Take Care of Others, page 31",
"text": "At about the time that the last child is leaving the nest, elderly parents move to a point of needing assistance in their lives.",
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"ref": "1998, David Arp, Claudia Arp, The Second Half of Marriage",
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"ref": "2006, Margie Orford, Fabulously 40 and Beyond:women",
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"ref": "2000, G. Srinivasan, From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar",
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"ref": "2009, Andrew I. Schafer, The Vanishing Physician-scientist?, page 162",
"text": "Among the greatest physician-scientists of our time, Mike Brown and Joe Goldstein argue that the trainee is ready to leave the nest when she or he has acquired technical courage, a sufficient set of skills and experience and self-confidence to develop new tools when the need arises.",
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"ref": "2017, Mary Rannie, Gary Karr: Life on the G String",
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"ref": "2006, Peter Ryan, Sasol Birdwatching in Southern Africa, page 84",
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"ref": "1998, David Arp, Claudia Arp, The Second Half of Marriage",
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},
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"ref": "2006, Margie Orford, Fabulously 40 and Beyond:women",
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},
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"ref": "2009, Andrew I. Schafer, The Vanishing Physician-scientist?, page 162",
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},
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