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Maternity services report delivers a healthy set of recommendations
The Federal Government’s new report on maternity services could be just what the doctor ordered, write Lesley Barclay and Jenny Gamble.
A plea for peace in the maternity turf wars
A knee-jerk separatist turf war is unhelpful for women, midwives, obstetricians and the health system, writes Caroline Homer.
Safety needs to be the focus of any changes to maternity services
Professor Barclay et al quite outrageously suggest that the obstetric system currently in place has increased suffering and injury to women and infants, writes Dr Ted Weaver.
Maternity health reform has harmed women (but not obstetricians)
Tweaks designed to improve our system have resulted in out of control costs, increased suffering and injury to women and infants, and obstetricians now expecting to earn a million dollars a year, write Lesley Barclay, Sally Tracy and Sue Kildea.
Maternity services turf wars have not helped women
The Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has given support to considerable maternity reform, particularly the appropriate usage of the midwifery workforce, writes Justine Caines.
Caesareans and other unhealthy contradictions
The SMH series sounding the alarm on rising rates of elective caesarean surgery also highlights some of the peculiar contradictions of our health system, writes Melissa Sweet.
