Thank you Mary.
With kind regards
Brenda Manning
www.themidwife.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Definition of a Birth Centre
The NACC definition has been painstakingly developed over many years by
Ruth
Lubic and Kitty Ernst. I have personally spent several holidays with
Kitty
in Pennsylvania (since 1987) and discussed the absence OF true B.C's in
Australia. We just don't seem to be able to embrace the woman centred-ness
in Australia. MM
The birth centre is a homelike facility existing within a healthcare
system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy
and birth. Birth centers are guided by principles of prevention,
sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost
effectiveness. Birth centers provide family-centered care for healthy
women
before, during and after normal pregnancy, labour and birth. (Adopted by
NACC Board of Directors - New York - October 1, 1995).
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