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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:53
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Radio National -
Life Matters
Anyone hear Geraldine Doogue on Life Matters this
morning interview with 2 women from La Trobe University (Dr Rhonda Small and
Pranee Lianputtong) who have done some research around migrant women and the
difficulites they face in australia related to childbirth
the inadequacies of hospital childbirth care
from point of view of migrant women - not too different to that of australian
born women-
lack of kindness from staff,
lack of power felt by the women,
high level of fear and isolation
because they were left alone too much.
Sandra
