title: A week in the life of an abortion doctor, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
abstract: South Africa legalized abortion in 1996. I am originally from the Netherlands and came to South Africa in 2000, to assist in the Termination of Pregnancy programme. In March 2007, at an international conference on second trimester abortion, I described my life as an abortion doctor living in Cape Town, South Africa. I was urged to write down what my working life in the Western Cape is like, and this paper is the result. It is a diary of a typical work week, recorded in early 2008.
authors.affiliation: Medical Consultant, Cape Town, South Africa. malblas@iafrica.com
authors.forename: Marijke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alblas
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013019:South Africa