Rural maternity units: how will they have a future?

Hawksworth, L Gay

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01860.x

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To the Editor: Pesce’s criticism of midwifery practice at Mareeba District Hospital1 requires rebuttal. His implication that the service is inefficient or pandering to “the powerful sway of maternity care politics” is incorrect and insults those who struggle to provide woman-centred care in a system focused on doctors.

Queensland Nurses’ Union of Employees, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: qnu@qnu.org.au

1. Pesce AF. Rural maternity units: how will they have a future [editorial]? Med J Aust 2008; 188: 70-71. <MJA full text>
2. Hodnett ED, Downe S, Edwards N, Walsh D. Home-like versus conventional institutional settings for birth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005; (1): CD000012.
3. Hodnett ED. Continuity of caregivers for care during pregnancy and childbirth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 1998; (3): CD000062.

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