Hello colleagues, Having rung Justine early myself, I can attest to the dangerous part :-)
How wonderful that they did contact you Justine. I caught the tail end of the radio national piece and heard Barbara, she was excellent :-) You are right too Justine in that this is an excellent example of the madness of our current system and how it is getting out of control. It will make people sit up and take notice. this following is my letter to the editor. (remember to add your phone number and address when you write in - although in my case, my second letter (because they wanted me to send it again with the phone number) was a bit better, because the more I thought about it, the more steely eyed clarity I got) so this is my letter.... The more I think about this study, the more disturbed I get. Who in their right mind would randomly assign healthy pregnant women to major abdominal surgery with all it's attendant risks and problems? The turn of the century saw the esteemed "father of obstetrics" Dr Marion Simms in the USA perform hideous gynaecological surgery on unanaesthetised black women. This latest idea smacks of similar philosophical ideas and disregard for ethics. Carolyn Hastie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Justine Caines Sent: Friday, 1 January 1904 1:37 AM To: OzMid List Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] sydney morning herald Hi Claire and all I was contacted at 6.48 am (and anyone who knows me knows that's dangerous!) by ABC NSW to make comment. I also called in on ABC Sydney 702. I then alerted Barb Vernon at ACMI who was able to secure a spot on the national coverage of PM (just before 6pm tonight) She was great and argued that a randomised control trial is just SO unethical. This may sound strange but sometimes the most repugnant stuff is actually a blessing as it gets people questioning the former unquestioned/able. Letters to the SMH would be good Address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Justine > Has anyone else read the article in the smh about the possible research into > vaginal versus caesarian, which is better? > > The article is very anti the idea, but does anyone know more about it. I > can't believe there are people with money who could give it for this, there > are so many more worthwhile things to research and I can't possibly > understand what previous research could justify this. I am confused as to > how this possible tragedy to women could be about to happen. Are we heading > for extinction of the human race? > > I will type the article in if anyone wants to see it, it is pretty unreal. > > Claire Saxby > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
