Tag: The Doctor and His Patient
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The doctor in literature: The abortion and the abortionist
Solomon PosenSydney, Australia “I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. But I will keep pure and holy both my life andmy art.”1“It’s an awfully simple operation.”2 The clinical scenario of a physician confronted by a desperate woman begging for a termination of her pregnancy is extremely common in the real…