Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to B Jones,
Informed consent is a vital principle that's been part of our medical landscape thanks to things happening alongside the midwifery/OB reforms
We owe all those involved in the Cartwright Inquiry and subsequent establishment of the Health and Disability Commission and its code of patient rights a big debt of gratitude on that front. At a Cartwright anniversary event a couple of years ago, I was fortunate enough to hear one of the survivors of the 'unfortunate experiment' describe what the prevailing culture of doctor-patient relationships had been like. Very dignified and straightforwardly conveyed, but a real eye-opener.
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Hard News: Auckland City Nights, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
I vote for a wholesale move of the Ponsonby Food Hall down to Wynyard Wharf
Nikki Kaye could help you move it there on a tram.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Megan Wegan,
manslashing
that's something to do with fanfic, right?
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Russell Brown,
I was a bit snippy with Sacha yesterday about this, but I was aware of what had happened in the interview and the idea that Chisholm set out to frame Guililand as an "angry woman" is just unfair to the journalist.
A misunderstanding perhaps. I meant "frame" as in the way George Lakoff and other theorists use it, not as the police might. And I meant in the finished article, not in the interview situation or elsewhere. Guililand was introduced to readers from the get-go as angry.
I accept that any journalist has to represent what they're given, but the Listener article shows it is possible to approach this subject without so much of a one-sided agenda. That includes those who reflexively claim midwives can do no wrong. I've worked with some of the key figures in this field even though it's not a specialty, and am aware of the section 88 politics.
Acknowledging the power dynamics at play from many directions, not just one, seems like basic good journalistic practice. The recent lack of that is broader than any one journalist or publication, really, and it's to be expected when our political leaders and economic context are perhaps encouraging a more authoritarian 'daddy state' tone in public discourse. Could be a whole show on its own..
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Hard News: Auckland City Nights, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Make the stalls surf-lifesaving themed and you'll get Bob Harvey's support :)
I'm sure he'd approve of the Welli waterfront's latest impromptu addition too.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to B Jones,
Thanks. That Listener article is much more like it, and quotes some of the leaders in the area - recommended read.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yes that's quite possible. It just fits a pattern in the article, and broader.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Russell Brown,
But she didn't go that way
She was framed explicitly from the outset (p48) as an angry woman.
For College of Midwives’ Guilliland, the debate over the quality of midwives is frustratingly, tediously circular and anti-feminist. To call Guilliland defensive is to understate the sense of pent-up fury which colours her responses to the “same old” questions about training and competence.
Anyway, hope you have someone to interview with more of the relevant policy context than any journalist can afford to build up. It's an important topic.
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Hard News: Auckland City Nights, in reply to BenWilson,
If there's a downside
It's also a way of many American retail employers dodging payroll tax obligations - so another downside might be having a state approaching the right size to drown in a bathtub while many of the nation's people struggle to live.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Russell Brown,
Anyway, gotta run and do the show.
Truth to power, sir.