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With expensive equipment the expectation is that it
will be and should be used. In a rural hospital I worked in the midwives fought
against the purchase of a CTG machine for that reason and very few of our low
risk births even used narcotics in labour, rather they relied on the midwives to
get them through 1st stage of labour with great success. The mind is a powerful
tool.
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Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:15
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] birth
environment
I can only speak of units in W.A. but I have often wondered about the
impact of the current environment on both the midwives, the care we give, the
birth outcomes and the women's satisfaction, no matter what the outcome.
By this I mean for instance: At KEMH & most other birth units
in W.A. ALL the delivery suites are "set up" for high risk births and that is
what the women see both on the hospital tour and as soon as they walk into
the room. Therre is a kind of expectancy about it. The staff
working in them are expected and are quite capable of giving both high risk
& low risk care. But, how does this kind of environment impact on
both the staff and the women? MM
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