Hi Kate,
Not all the unis have banned their students from attending homebirths - just
Flinders in Adelaide that I know of, whose Dean of Nursing and Midwifery is
a Nurse and a Lawyer - who also cautioned us to never recommend alternative
remedies to women we followed through - even though we learned about them at
uni and some of the students had past professions in naturopathy and
homeopathy. Flinders students can attend so called "legitimised" homebirths
through the Northern Women's community midwives in Elizabeth who offer
homebirth covered by medicare and indemnity insurance thru the state gov.
When I was a student I used to drive 3 hrs each way to attend appts and
births with these midwives, and it was always worth the effort - esp since i
ended up getting to do my grad program there last year!
Love suzi
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From: "Kate Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] informed consent
I'm a student and have chosen homebirth as my topic for a presentation to
give in our final semester. I'd like to compile a "map" of homebirth
practices arounbd Australia.Does anyone have any info or suggestions on
where to look.
In regards the comments about students getting the opportunity to gain
experience in this setting , in our course its not even considered. I'm
glad to have had a home birth myself and "helped" friends at their home
births but this was quite a while before embarking on the midwifery
journey myself. Where in Australia do student midwifes be given this
learning oppotunity?
Kate
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