Pursuant to the fascinating discussion on midwives, obstetric nurses and the micropolitics of the professions vis a vis obstetricians and other doctors involved in childbirth.... I have just finished my easter read: Misconceptions by Terry McGee, an obstetrician and first-time author from Sydney. It's a fascinating read for the story alone, which is a fictional tale of a female obstetrician who is sued for negligence after the birth of a brain-injured child. It is a real insight into the medico-legal process, but also a sensitive portrayal of family life and the stresses and strains that obstetric practice places upon it. Particularly for a woman, I might add. It certainly paints a less black/white:right/wrong picture of 'defensive medicine'. I read the whole 462 pages in two days so the narrative was compelling, but I am considering offering it for summer reads to my students between semesters, along with Chris Bojahlian's Midwives and Gay Coultier's A Midwife's Tale, etc.
It's published by Pan 2003 if you're interested. If anyone else has read it, let me know what you thought. Trish -- Trish David FACM Senior Lecturer Midwifery and Nursing Monash University School of Nursing Gippsland Campus Northways Road Churchill 3842 (03) 5122 6839 0418 994033 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
