POSTMORTEM, the doctor who walked away

208 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2014

Maria Phamile's account of why, after nine years of study and four years of practice, she chose to give up working as a medical doctor. She also speaks to other doctors who have made a similar choice and exposes the often unbearable pressures that come with working as a doctor in South Africa.

Maria Phalime is the recipient of the City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award.