----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:59
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a
private hospital ?
Melissa,
There are some great
private hospitals about. Just as there are some good & not so good public
ones.
If you are defining
'good' as providing wholistic continuous care for women throughout
pregnancy , birth & postnatally then that's
difficult within Private hosps because the women often attend OBs for all
their care, but they do exist.
You could contact Lina
Clerke re the great one she worked at:
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:17
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a
private hospital ?
Sorry Julie, having worked in a variety of
private hospitals while doing agency work when I first moved to Perth I
cannot give a balanced view. I work in a fairly midwifery
orientated public hospital.
Melissa
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:31
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] working in a
private hospital ?
Dear wise women,
I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to
working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I
probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been
told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of
time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies
to register). I think I'm asking for a balanced view here if one
exists.
Julie, longtime daily lurker
:)
