I remember once being told that women (in the context of obst) are worse to women because they do everything a male would do but with out any sense of chivalry! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:13 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] AMA and midwifery-led care
> With reference to the discussion on the obstetrician deCosta > I find it such a sad fact that she is a woman effectively working against > women. > As a woman I feel a very strong bond to all my sisters to work together > towards humanizing birth and strengthening the role and value of motherhood. > When a male obstetrician makes a statement as she has done I write it off to > a simple lack of understanding from their perspective, however I find it > very hard to excuse her. > I wonder if the training of obstetricians is the core of the problem? > Or is it simply a personality type that lacks compassion, sensitivity and > understanding for all midwives and women? > > Warm hug to all, > Julie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jen Semple > Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2004 4:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] AMA and midwifery-led care > > 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. > > -- > 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.
