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Subject:
Going against hospital policy
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:44:45 -0600
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I know from several personal experiences that it can be very difficult to
question hospital policies, or to demand changes, and that when you threaten
to take your child to another hospital, the NICU nurses say they will call
the security guards, then call the police (!), and then call Child
Protective Services to prevent you from taking the child and get a court
order removing you as legal guardian of the child.  :(


Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University

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