Fascinating Belinda! Thanks for sharing. Also, here's a link for Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) statement on Homebirth & others... http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/publications/collegestatements.shtml
Jen --- Belinda Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The article by deCosta is interesting she also wrote > Costa, C. d. (1999). "A noble instrument, the > obstetric forceps." Medical > Journal of Australia Vol. 170. > she is very much of the medical perspective that > satisfaction with > childbirth is a selfish unimportant side issue and > that medical control is > still more important and education is about teaching > women to be happy with > whatever technology, intervention or impersonal care > is deemed important by > the medical person there. It is all about in my > opinion, ensuring medical > control and dominance and shuting up these pesky > statistics, women and > researchers who are continually showing women are > not happy with high > intervention births (except of course the wealthy > educated ones!!! - being > very cynical now thinking of journalists etc who > seem to get to be seen and > heard). > My honors thesis was 'An analysis of how homebirth > is constructed in medical > policy.' Although the AMA told me a few times sa and > head offices, that they > have no policy I happened to find one on one of my > fishing expeditions in > the medical library. (Pure luck to find it - every > now and then I used to > spend time just grabbing journals from he archives > and flicking through > them - I have found some gems this way that I would > otherwise not have > found). It also shows their intent toward > independent midwives (- there is > no place for them in Australia where women have > access to doctors) and their > unionist push to sway government to support them > (the AMA) not midwives or > women. > Australian Medical Association (AMA), 1990. AMA Home > Birth Policy, > Australian Medicine, May 7, pp. 8 > I can't imagine they have changed, unfortunately, > they have too much money > and prestige and control to lose if this midwifery > lark catches on! - and I > am allowing myself the luxury of my bias anger and > passion when saying this! > Belinda Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
