Well hell if they invested properly instead of closing units all over the place then they may find that they don't have to transfer patients in labour so much.
If they encouraged home birth and reduced the amount of epidurals and supported women fully in labour maybe they would have more beds available for complex cases and those that needed a c-section.
Whee. Scary. Even as a staunch pro-choicer, the idea of saying that a child born under 25 weeks has no right to treatment is alarming. Pragmatism says that there is more return per pound in treating those over 25 weeks, and I can see where they are coming from, but I agree with Rob Williams that it should be a case-by-case basis. Are you just helping the baby die more slowly, will the baby have any real quality of life if it survives, all that sort of thing.
Elective sections... too murky for me. I don't know all of the factors involved and if an elective section, on average, takes more staff and time than a vaginal birth.
Among other things, my c-sections are elective. It just means "planned" really.
I don't like the quality of life argument. It's a bit like people who think being raped is worse than being murdered. It might be true for them... but I'm glad to be alive.
That article also mentioned the possibility of denying smokers some treatments if they're not willing to stop; I was wondering whether that would come up in that context
I put a comment to this, relating my experiences, then thought better of it, despite leaving trigger warnings. I came back this morning to try to make it a link to my lj, and came up against personal stupidity - I can't follow the instructions to do it. I therefore deleted the post.
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Date: 2006-03-27 01:42 pm (UTC)If they encouraged home birth and reduced the amount of epidurals and supported women fully in labour maybe they would have more beds available for complex cases and those that needed a c-section.
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Date: 2006-03-27 02:21 pm (UTC)Elective sections... too murky for me. I don't know all of the factors involved and if an elective section, on average, takes more staff and time than a vaginal birth.
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Date: 2006-03-27 02:48 pm (UTC)I don't like the quality of life argument. It's a bit like people who think being raped is worse than being murdered. It might be true for them... but I'm glad to be alive.
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Date: 2006-03-27 08:34 pm (UTC)fat people and smokers
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