Re: [ozmidwifery] Insurrance

2002-07-30 Thread Andrea Quanchi
I don't think anybody has any, I know i don't Andrea Quanchi On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 03:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, can anybody update me on the current insurrance status for independent midwives, i am an Accredited Midwife in Brisbane, but I have not practiced here yet i

Re: [ozmidwifery] Hepatitis B vaccination

2002-07-30 Thread Ruth Cantrill
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Hepatitis B vaccination Barbara i would be very interested in any references you have to Hep B vaccination and chronic fatigue syndrome Ruth From: "Greg Barbara Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:26:05 +1000 To: <[EMAIL PROTE

[ozmidwifery] Insurrance

2002-07-30 Thread apks
Hi everyone, can anybody update me on the current insurrance status for independent midwives, i am an Accredited Midwife in Brisbane, but I have not practiced here yet in view of these issues.But i am not happy about the choices fo women through the current system here and am seriously looki

Re: [ozmidwifery] Michel Odent's web addressl

2002-07-30 Thread Lynne Staff
Thanks Andrea - it's for a woman who is doing a longitudinal study on street kids and drug users and why some become street kids and others don't (she's heavily into criminology too) and when I mentioned the referecne list you sent she was interested, so I'll mail that to her too, along with the w

Re: [ozmidwifery] Michel Odent's web addressl

2002-07-30 Thread Andrea Robertson
Hi Lynne, Michel's web site is: www.birthworks.org/primalhealth His email address is:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers Andrea PS - Have just finished reading his latest book "The Farmer and the Obstetrician" which is a very interesting look at the parallels between industrialised farming (and th

[ozmidwifery] re abbreviations

2002-07-30 Thread Judy Chapman
I like the 'non-elective' part of the abbreviation for emergency CS but hate the word elective for those who are booked. Who does the electing? Many times the women don't, they are frightened into signing the consent by doom and gloom predictions of the dire consequences if they don't have a CS. I

[ozmidwifery] Michel Odent's web addressl

2002-07-30 Thread Lynne Staff
Hello all - does anyone have the web address for the primal health centre? Many thanks, Lynne

Re: [ozmidwifery] Review of Maternity Unit

2002-07-30 Thread Lynne Staff
Hi Lisa - my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] It has changed although I did put a posting to Ozmid letting people know - we only found out because we weren't getting any mail!!! Look forard to hearing from you Regards, Lynne - Original Message - From: ljg To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ozmidwifery] Re: Review of Maternity Unit

2002-07-30 Thread ljg
  Hi Wendy We are a regional unit and have about 1400 deliveries a year- but we have a large catchment area. You guys have had interesting times ! Would love to hear more - must be terrible for your mums to now have to travel so far. Hope all goes well with your mid model of care

RE: [ozmidwifery] looking for midwife IN WA

2002-07-30 Thread Sally
Hi Jan,   The areas you have mentioned are within the ‘zoning’ for WA mid program. So the best thing she could do is to call the office on 08 93390021 or for more info. www.communitymidwifery.iinet.net.au   In peace and joy Sally

Re: [ozmidwifery] Review of Maternity Unit

2002-07-30 Thread Ms Elizabeth McCall
Lisa, Could send you a copy of the Review data if you want - send me you slow mail address. I'm on the Far North coast of NSW - Byron Bay specifically. Small low risk unit here - however referral hospitals etc were reviewed as well. Reviewers requested submissions - I wrote one for our hospit

[ozmidwifery] looking for midwife IN WA

2002-07-30 Thread jireland
Dear listers I have an enquiry from a lady in WA I asked her where she lives ans below "The Vines, WA 6069, but are not sure for how long, its in the country and I want to move back to the beach for summer so some places nearby are:   Scarborough Balcatta Innaloo Doubleview Karinyup Osbor

Re: [ozmidwifery] Review of Maternity Unit

2002-07-30 Thread ljg
Hi Lynne We have 1400 deliveries a year and haver a Level 2 nursery, our ward area includes gynae beds, and gynae OPD is incorporated into our ANC. Lynne I have actuaaly been trying to email you off list with an enquiry - keeps boucing - could you let me know your email addy please. lisa -

[ozmidwifery] Hello

2002-07-30 Thread Denise Hynd
>Dear All>If any one has been trying to contact me>Please note a change of email address which i plan to keep as a wander>around Sydney for a while longer nfortunately i have not mastered how to>extract addresses from my saved address book>Denise Hynd>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ozmidwifery] Fw: Fwd: Fw: cardioligist joke

2002-07-30 Thread Rhonda
    Well - all I can add to this is "Only in America"   Cardiologist FuneralA well known cardiologist died, and an elaborate funeral was  planned.A huge heart covered in flowers stood behind the casket du

[ozmidwifery] Fw: Fwd: Who's got the brains???

2002-07-30 Thread Rhonda
Just passing on the funny ones.. Not enough laughs lately! Regards Rhonda >> 3. WHAT WAS PLAN B???> An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and>forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines,

[ozmidwifery] vbac & birth centres again

2002-07-30 Thread Jo & Dean Bainbridge
Alright, sorry listers it is that time again when I get really pis*&d about vbac exclusions from birth centres again.  Sorry to harp but I have to vent!!   Why is it that my right to chose an elective surgery for reasons not based on medical evidence is adhered to without further questions o

RE: [ozmidwifery] Re: midwifery history

2002-07-30 Thread Sally
I have just been organising a collection of midwifery/obstetric books which were donated to the Resource Centre (Fremantle). There are some amazing books there but not for loan.. maybe you could visit us and read for many many days the collection. If there are specific areas then I could try to ph

Re: [ozmidwifery]treatment for varicose veins?

2002-07-30 Thread Leigh Evans
In  Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing year by Susan Weed , she suggests the following; Oatstraw tea, nettle infusion, parsley raw or a tea: also witch hazel or poultice of comfrey,yarrow or mullein. Hope this helps. Leigh - Original Message - From: Debby Gedal-Beer To

Re: [ozmidwifery] Hepatitis B vaccination

2002-07-30 Thread Greg Barbara Cook
Janelle, I am employed by a public hospital and yes it is a condition of employment but nobody asked me for proof of my immune status when I started. How do they check? I am also allergic to Tet Tox so that's another one I'm not protected for. If I have a needlestick/splash I get tested priva

Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: midwifery history

2002-07-30 Thread Jackie Kitschke
Dear Alphia, A reference for you is Summers, A, 1998, 'The lost voice of midwifery; midwives, nurses and the Nurses Registration Act of South Australia,' Collegian, July; 5, pp.16-22. This discusses the history of midwifery and its dominence by nursing and medicine in Sth Aust Jackie - Orig

RE: [ozmidwifery] Hepatitis B vaccination

2002-07-30 Thread Ken Ward
I think you will find that you cannot be denied employment because of your immunization ststus.  Have you had your titre [or whatever] checked? You may find you have antibodies to Hep B anyway, I have, and have never been immunized. Maureen. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTE