Dear All
A) I think it is great Sydney has had/will have a strategy meeting and I
look forward to a report &/or ideas to mount national co-ordinated
caimpaigns!
For instance has any one got a federal party to include
1) universal access to midwifery care and
2) no fault insurance
on their policy proposals??
B) What has been heard back from Giuld or other insurers??
C) On a related tack in the event this PI issue has not been sorted by
September perhaps we could have a side meeting at the NMAA & ACMI
conferences in September to pool responses plan national co-ordinated
strategies??
Denise
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From: "Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ozmid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: RE: Independent Midwives
> I want to add my support to this call for bridge-building and closer
> co-operation/mutual respect/support between the various professionals
> involved in birthing services.
>
> I have chosen not to engage any further in the current debate with the
> Senator, even though I wish I had a way of saying something that would
> clearly present what I believe to be the truth. You see, although we have
> the WHO statement about the midwife being the most appropriate primary
> carer, although we have the ICM Definition of a midwife, which is endorsed
> by both the International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians,
> and WHO - yet there is a strong belief in our society that obstetric
> management is better/safer/more appropriate than any other option. As
long
> as a person such as Senator Eggleston believes that, he would be going
> against his personal integrity to support anything else, ESPECIALLY a
> service that her honestly believes is inferior.
>
> As long as this perception is held, Senator Eggleston and millions of
other
> professionals and consumers in this country will continue to support a
> system that is based on a very shaky foundation. AND they will believe
> they are acting in the best interest of the public they are committed to
> serve.
>
> It is therefore obvious that education to change the mindset, that midwife
> primary care is no less safe than medical management, is urgently needed.
> A few years ago I was at a meeting, at which Prof Marc Kierse (of
> Effective Care) was asked a question about who looks after pregnant women
> in Holland. He replied very quickly to the effect that an obstetrician is
a
> specialist, and doesn't want to waste his/her time with well women.
That's
> the midwife's job, and the midwife sends women to him if they need to see
> him. That's collaboration, cooperation, and professional respect in
> action.
>
> Joy
>
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