Ooops! The date is actually Wednesday the
24th May.
Sorry
Sonja
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From: Sonja
Barry
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:54 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] wonderful birth
Lina Clerke will be bringing her Wonderful Birth
Workshop to
Dearwise 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
Sorry Julie, having worked in a variety of private
hospitals while doing agency work when I first moved to Perth I cannot give
abalanced view. I work in a fairly midwifery orientated public
hospital.
Melissa
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From:
Julie
Garratt
To:
you may find some of the testimonials on www.safetsleep interesting..under
'sleep'
kind regrds
miriam
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To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:21 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Sleepworks
This is a program
Interesting stuff
!!http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/s1635777.htm
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julie
i have also worked in a private hospital
before it was closed down as a de midwife. i guess the disadvantage would be the
fact that the drs do most of the births and as a midwife you dont have a lot of
autonomy. i presently work in a large tertiary institution in which midwives do
the
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 postnatallythenthat's
difficult within Private hosps because the women often
Hi
Julie,
I will
stay out of the discussion of the intervention rates, because I am sure there
will be plenty of comments. However, take care regarding rates of pay and
working conditions. Usually you are paid less and private employers are not
bound by other conditions of the public
Hi Julie,I worked in a private hospital in Hobart for a short time when working and travelling. The disadvantages were working within a medical model of care with high intervention rates and the birth being directed by the obstetrician. I only stayed a short time as I felt I would lose my
