Monthly Archives: August 2009
Others write letters, EBM style
Go read this excellent letter of support on behalf of a physician who is being harassed by his hospital for supporting midwives, VBAC attempts and vaginal breech deliveries. Here is an excerpt: When medicine is practiced primarily for profit, convenience … Continue reading
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Reply turned post, othering style
I love the posts on Stork Stories. The blog author is an experienced, conscientious OB nurse and CLC. This week I was a little dismayed by the victim blaming tone of her post about having a run of racially and … Continue reading
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I write letters, health care style
I decided to contact the White House today. Here is my letter: I am a mother whose pregnancy was turned down by Blue Cross Blue Shield as a preexisting condition. I am a medical student who doesn’t want to turn … Continue reading
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Health care reform question
Barack Obama is having a live conference on health care reform today. I RSVP’d with this question. (From a medical student studying to be an ob/gyn who is also a mother): Unnecessary, expensive interventions in labor and delivery not only … Continue reading
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Two things I found out yesterday
Rixa, the intrepid blogger at Stand and Deliver, won Lamaze International’s 2009 Media Award! If you haven’t read Rixa’s blog, (or Lamaze’s Science and Sensibility, for that matter), please check them out through the links above. Her interview with Amy … Continue reading
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The KALI project
Apparently research has shown that studies with acronyms (ALLHAT, NHANES, etc.) are more likely to get published. Well, I have a tentative title / acronym for my study: The KALI (Knowledge and Attitudes of Labor Interventions) Project. Kali is a … Continue reading
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Good discussions
There is some great stuff going on in the comments section in my recent “Reply turned post, birth power struggle style”. I could have done a few more reply on a reply turned post turned posts (huh?) but that made … Continue reading
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Reply turned post, birth power struggle style
This is a long reply to a post on Wandering Scientist’s blog called Thoughts on Labor, in which she tells her birth story: I was fascinated by your birth story. You know, I have read so many of them online, … Continue reading
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Umm, yowza
My reading list for this “vacation” also includes some journal articles. Sometimes when I search for an article by author, I find that the author has written many interesting articles. That happened today when I was juggling multiple portals to … Continue reading
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Vacation Reading List
I am spending a week in the mountains of western North Carolina. It is gorgeous here. I am so lucky that my fellowship is flexible enough that I can bring some books and my laptop up here with my family … Continue reading
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