Women doctors wasted.

The problem of wastage of women doctors has exercised the minds of South African medical planners very little. Numerous articles have appeared in the English literature, but we have been able to find only two editorials in semi-facetious vein in the South African Medical Journal over the last 20 years. We have looked at some trends, and believe that there is a need for further investigation, because there are important implications concerning future medical manpower resources in this country.