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Great response Tania,
Well Done.
Christina.
Here's my response....
I refer to 'Less travel, GP care for mums-to-be' (The
Advertiser 3/4/03)
When will our government stop spending taxpayers money on
plans which margianalise women and blatantly ignore world's best practice
guidelines? The World Health Organisation clearly states that the most
appropriate and cost effective care-provider for the vast majority of
pregnant women is a MIDWIFE. Continuity of care is achieved when a
woman has access to one care provider for antenatal care,
during labour and for the birth of her child, and for the postnatal
period. Contracting GP's who have no intention of being involved in
the labour and birth to provide antenatal care, under the guise of
providing continuity of care is lucicrous. More funding for
community based one-to-one midwifery care, such as the Northern Women's
Community Midwifery Program would be a more honest and woman-friendly
gesture, and a step in the right direction for women who wish to be seen as
individuals, not 'cases'.
Oh, and by the way, women give birth, pizza's are
delivered!
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