Hi everyone,
Justine Caines has asked me to post an update of
the 22nd National Homebirth Conference, as she is taking a well deserved holiday
with her family.
HOMEBIRTH AUSTRALIA
CONFERENCE
1st & 2nd November 2003,
Canberra
Stories of Birth at
home.
The personal is the political
Jan, Nola and All
This question of rights of patients to medical
interventions and informed choice is complex and varied as there are many
factors are involved.
Balance of risk of intervention vs risks of no
intervention
Source of information - is it biased
Subjectivity/objectivity of b
Dear all,
This abstract was discussed by Norman Swan on the Health Minute on ABC
NewsRadio yesterday:
http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/ab62.htm
It's good to see Norman Swan picking up on this area of research.
Barb.
Dr Barbara Vernon
Executive Officer
Australian College of Midwives
Hi Barbara,
A friend of one of my kids who has just moved to ACT is interested in doing
midwifery. She is a young mum of 3 kids and is planning to do general
nursing first -Is there a direct entry course there?
Pinky
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From: "Barbara Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ozmi
Andrea, and Cas, I fully concur with both your (list of) comments. And Nola,
I hope you find something useful from my little rant.
I've simply run out of puff, and choose, after many, many years of being an
open and enthusiastic labour ward midwife to not work there at present.
Maybe later I'll go
I remember this being discussed on Sunrise (Channel 7) and the thought
of not having drugs was ridiculed by viewers emailing in. It seemed this
release backfired (because the media just wanted to make a
sensationalist story out of what this midwife said) a bit in that the
general consensus seemed t
Hello Nola,
I have to add a comment on this one, as I have been the main promoter of
active birth in Australia for 20 years! I think an active birth is becoming
a rarity in the bigger hospitals around Australia (but not impossible) for
a number of reasons, some of which are:
* A lack of skills
Nola,
I think it's possible to have an active birth in the public system, but
certainly becoming a rarity, especially I would suggest in the larger
regional and metropolitan hospitals. I think for the woman and her support
system, several things need to occur:
1. The woman needs to be ' in c
