RE: [ozmidwifery] Re: mothers rights in public hospital

[Robyn Thompson]

No video taping!!   Show me the legislation that says no video taping of a personal experience - labour and birth in the hospital system.   Policies maybe, remember policies are not legally biding documents.  Policies are written to try and protect the hospital personnel from possible litigation.  You still have rights and intimidation is the best way to make you submissive.  This needs challenge.   Robyn www.melbmidwifery.com.au   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jayne Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: mothers rights in public hospital I know of a couple of hospitals that don't allow video taping of births.  This is just from women I know that have had their babies in these hospitals.  I wonder how many don't allow it.  Interesting.   Jayne   -----   Yes well laws! I can tell you through a lot of complaint letters and investigations that ...   A, if you put it on the news or metion it publicly and infer at all who did it then you can be done for liable unless you have evidence and I mean by that absolute proof.   B, to have absolute proof is darn near impossible unless you video everything the Dr sdays to you.  (Something I would seriously consider!) A tory I heard was that an Ob refused to let women have vidoe's in at his births because they had on video a case where the Ob accidentally cut the baby's finger off with the cord.  He had no come back because it was on video.