To the Editor: I am not a regular correspondent, as, with three children and a career, I rarely have the time. But, having read the recent personal perspective on missed conception1 and the accompanying commentary,2 I felt compelled to offer my own personal perspective on how, in medicine as a profession, we value (or don’t value) childbearing.
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- Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: Jane.Andrews@rgh.sa.gov.au
- 1. Bachrach A. Missed conceptions: a call for “positive” family planning. Med J Aust 2006; 184: 358-360. <MJA full text>
- 2. Chapman MG, Driscoll GL, Jones B. Missed conceptions: the need for education. Med J Aust 2006; 184: 361-362. <MJA full text>
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