I’ll be in DC from Nov 10-17 for the AMIA conference, and will be making stops at the medical libraries of Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland @ Baltimore, and Howard University, as well as the National Library of Medicine. If you’re at the conference or in the area, and are a librarian, health or librarianship blogger, or women’s health advocate who would like to get together, send me an email.
As a follow-up to my previous post on International Women’s Day, here is a selection of past posts related to non-U.S. women’s health. Many of them make mention of news stories, films, or situations that are worth a look.
Over the holidays, I watched the video of my sister-in-law’s c-section. I was rather surprised that my brother-in-law was allowed to film it, as so many hospitals now refuse to allow the filming of births, particularly to avoid creating evidence for malpractice suits. This was a c-section resulting from several complications, and the video shows a bit of the preparation, the entire procedure, and the early resuscitation efforts on my nephew, who is fine now, but was floppy, unresponsive, and silent at the time. Meanwhile, I’m told by a colleague that the hospital where I work, which technically allows filming of births in its official policies, does not allow it in practice. I’ve been thinking that, should I ever become pregnant, having the option to film is both realistically and symbolically important to me. So I ask, would the ability to film a birth affect your or your partner’s choice of hospital or other birthing facility? On a related note, does knowing that your chosen facility does not allow filming reduce your confidence in the facility?
(My apologies if the poll looks crazy; this is my first use of addpoll.)
I’m at NashvilleIsTalking, a Nashville-centric blog and aggregator run by local ABC affiliate WKRN, this weekend, mucking up the series of tubes. Come on over. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ll be guest-blogging at at NashvilleIsTalking, run by local ABC affiliate WKRN, this weekend. Come check it out.
The Mothership BBQ graciously hosted a holiday party last night for Nashville-area bloggers. A recap:
Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee is offering free health services during the month of December. See the schedule below.
Via an email, republished with permission:
Dear BOLD Supporters,
I want you to know about an exciting, empowering radio documentary called “Birth.” Thin Air Media have produced an hour-long radio documentary on the practices and perceptions of birth in America that will be airing on public radio in March for Women’s History month. Below is a summary of the documentary’s objectives:
In a previous post, I mentioned that I thought this site might be a joke, but that it fairly perfectly illustrates the absence of all signs of being reputable you would expect when looking for clinical trials. That original site has not changed, but given this companion site, it is definitely a joke. What I can’t figure out, given the silliness (and not really superior humor), is why the creators would pay to take out ads for the “Institute” in alt-weeklies all over the country. At least LonelyGirl was mildly intriguing, with a hint of a plot.