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		<title>Vaginas &#8211; who are they and when are they leaving</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-384/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The true truth about homebirth.
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		<title>Maternity services report delivers a healthy set of recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government’s new report on maternity services could be just what the doctor ordered, write <b>Lesley Barclay</b> and <b>Jenny Gamble</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>A plea for peace in the maternity turf wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A knee-jerk separatist turf war is unhelpful for women, midwives, obstetricians and the health system, writes <b>Caroline Homer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Safety needs to be the focus of any changes to maternity services</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/24/safety-needs-to-be-the-focus-of-any-changes-to-maternity-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Barclay et al quite outrageously suggest that the obstetric system currently in place has increased suffering and injury to women and infants, writes <b>Dr Ted Weaver</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maternity health reform has harmed women (but not obstetricians)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 <b>Lesley Barclay, Sally Tracy and Sue Kildea</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maternity services turf wars have not helped women</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/29/maternity-services-turf-wars-have-not-helped-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has given support to considerable maternity reform, particularly the appropriate usage of the midwifery workforce, writes <b>Justine Caines</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Caesareans and other unhealthy contradictions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/15/caesareans-and-other-unhealthy-contradictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The <i>SMH</i> 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.]]></description>
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