title: Martin Winckler.
abstract: Martin Winckler, born Marc Zaffran in 1955, is a French family doctor, a writer, a translator, and a cultural critic. Since the publication of La Vacation (Paris: POL, 1989), a novel based on his experience in an abortion clinic, he has published more than 20 books (fiction and non-fiction), including a user's manual of contraceptive devices (Contraceptions mode d'emploi. Vauvert: Le Diable Vauvert, 2003). His novel La maladie de Sachs has been translated into English as The Case of Dr Sachs (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2000). Winckler was recently a guest speaker at the Joint Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the Canadian Society of Bioethics in Montreal, Canada. He will be a guest speaker at the Royal College of General Practitioners' Spring Symposium, in April this year in Bournemouth, UK.
authors.affiliation: MartinWinckler@aol.com
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winckler
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history