Dear Jan
i don't seem to have received the original "Lateral Thought" message - am
alittle concerned by what I may be reading into your posting. Could you
repost with the original please -
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Australian College of Midwives
Incorporated" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: a lateral thought
>
> Yes Joy I agree
>
> Those 'midwives' that work in maternity settings offering fragmented
> care to women should have some type of restriction on their
> practices. They are not 'qualified to practise in any setting' as the
> international definition of a midwife states they are.
>
> Those midwives working in birth centres and taking on their own
> caseload within a hospital or other community setting should be
> endorsed on their annual renewals as 'midwife practitioners'
> indicating that they run able to function as autonomous
> practictioners ( i.e. primary carers)
>
> I would like to see the ACMI Accreditation program extend to these
> practitioners with the ultimate goal of having every midwife who is
> in clinical practice operate as Accredited IPMs with the College.
> (providing the College is able to provide adequate PI for it's
> accredited members)
>
> The latest edition of Margaret Myles textbook devotes quiet a large
> slice of their definitions and descriptions to independent midwives
> as they have now had to acknowledge the midwives working within the
> European and the New Zealand maternity systems.
>
> Jan
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