On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Alice Walker wrote:
" ... and I reflected on the fact that as hospital caregivers, WHY WOULD WE TREAT OUR PATIENTS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WE WOULD OUR OWN LOVED ONES?  If this is how we see excellent care as being, why on earth .... shouldn't we ... the no separation or isolation from others .... the baby was kept on a strict schedule and ...."

Alice, for an Australian perspective on hospital conditions for new mothers, see (some of) the papers I've published, based on my MA thesis, a cultural history of medicine on postwar infant feeding advice in Queensland, Australia, 1945-1965.  More articles are in preparation. The articles I've referred to are listed below.
        Virginia
        in Brisbane, Queensland

1. Thorley V. Midwives, trainees and mothers: maternity hospital conditions in postwar Queensland. Birth Issues 2001;10(3/4):101-106.
2. Thorley V. Initiating breastfeeding in postwar queensland. Breastfeeding Review 2001;9(3):21-26.
3. Thorley V. Maternal dietary advice as an artifact of time and culture: post World War II Queensland. Breastfeeding Review 2002;10(1):25-29.

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