| Andrew Kotaska
received his MD from the University of British Columbia
and worked as a rural GP-surgeon in northern B.C. before
changing course to Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is currently
the Clinical Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stanton
Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife in the Northern Territories
of Canada where he lives with his wife and two young boys.
His main current areas of research interest are breech birth,
the overestimation of risk in modern obstetrics, and the
impact of epidural analgesia on labour and caesarean section
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| Henci Goer is a writer and speaker of
international renown and she is coming to Australia to share
her expert evidence based perspectives on pregnancy and
childbirth. Her books The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better
Birth and Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities are
acclaimed resources for childbirth professionals. She has
also written numerous education articles and magazine articles
and works for the consumer market and professionals. She
has served as project director and participated as an Expert
Work Group member on the document, "Evidence Basis
for the Ten Steps of Mother-Friendly Care." |
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Allan Cyna is Clinical Senior Lecturer
at the University of Adelaide and Senior Consultant Anaesthetist
at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide. As a
member of the Australian Society of Hypnosis, he teaches
hypnosis techniques to clinical psychologists and doctors.
His research interests include the use of hypnosis and communication
techniques in clinical anaesthetic practice, particularly
in pain management, pregnancy and needle phobia. He is a
member of the Pregnancy Childbirth Review Groups and Anaesthesia
Review Groups of the Cochrane Collaboration and is an Academic
editor for PlosOne Medicine and
The Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.”
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Jolyon Ford is Director
of Postgraduate Medical Education at King Edward Memorial
Hospital. His special interest is the development and
facilitation of interdisciplinary educational activities
where GPs, midwives and obstetric staff learn together
and learn from each other and where the emphasis is on
teamwork and communication as the primary goals.
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