Well said Joy.
Laurelle
At 12:56 20/06/02 +1000, you wrote:
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>Dear friends
>
>All these ideas are interesting, but I want to remind you that it's not
>about doctors. The doctors have a monopoly of maternity service funding
>because the system is wrong, not because they themselves have done anything
>wrong per se.
>
>Midwives and doctors need to work together. Understanding professional
>boundaries is basic to getting a service that is safe and effective for the
>mothers and babies of our society. One of the reasons we have such high
>rates of intervention, and surgical births in this country is that our
>midwifery profession is not autonomous, and is severely restricted.
>
>So I don't have a slogan on the tip of my tongue, but I won't support
>anything that polarizes the two professions.
>
>Joy Johnston
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There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Einstein.
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