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Re: casual research question From: Charlie Chambers (ricechaz@earthlink.net) Fri Jun 29 21:44:30 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: westsidebirthservice@juno.com: "Re: casual research question" Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Cord clamping/autotransfusion (was malpractice questionnaire)" In reply to: westsidebirthservice@juno.com: "Re: casual research question" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: casual research question" Louana I do obstetrics because I enjoy it. I think your preconceived notions are little offensive though I respect your willingness to own up to them. I enjoy that I get to know my patients over many visits and then it all culminates frequently in a joyful event. In addition, I get to know the father, the great grandma, the sisters, etc. I get the joy of hearing the first heartbeat with them, or disclosing the sex at ultrasound. Basically, I enjoy it more than any other specialty. Unfortunately, occasionally bad outcomes occur, and I find it rewarding to help the patient and family navigate the difficulties of adversity both physically and mentally. Further, I don't find myself limited to accomplish all the above with my Y chromosome. Empathy is gender neutral. Bottom line, I do it for probably some of the same reasons that other ob's get into this specialty, regardless of gender. On Jun 29, 2007, at 6:32 AM, westsidebirthservice@juno.com wrote: > I haven't had as many responses as will be fully useful for my > research paper (el, sorry you're not included as a helpful > response)--that being said I asked that male physicians respond > because I expected (I admit I had a preconceived notion of > responses :) ) to hear some language that would have a > paternalistic edge to it. Like---"I want to help women overcome > the horrible pain of birth" or maybe something more subtile than > that, but you get the drift. Or, I wondered about the financial > reasons for becoming an OB especially given that, as a midwife, I > understand the history of the tension between medicine and > midwifery to be a competition for money and territory. Anyway--for > the others out there---willing to respond to the original question? > > Louana ************************************************************************ **** Charlie Chambers -- Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "... all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation, come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy." -Norman Maclean ************************************************************************ ****** Next message: westsidebirthservice@juno.com: "Re: casual research question" Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Cord clamping/autotransfusion (was malpractice questionnaire)" In reply to: westsidebirthservice@juno.com: "Re: casual research question" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: casual research question"

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