Many thanks to all of you who replied to my query around a sense of
unreality in the
in the early days of mothering. I now have lots of new directions to explore.
Mary Carolan
Mary Carolan
PhD candidate,
The School of Nursing
University of Melbourne,
Level 1, 723 Swanston Street
Carlton Victoria 3053
Ph: +61 3 8344 0758
Fax: +61 3 9347 4172
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At 11:28 AM 12/4/03 +1100, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>In my qualitative study exploring the experiences of older first time
>mothers, I am finding that many women describe a sense of unreality in the
>in the early days of mothering, and speak of expecting the baby to
>disappear, or of being surprised at the baby's 'real' or human
>appearance. I'm just wondering if anyone knows where this sense of
>'unreality' is explored in the literature. I have several references to
>the concept pre-natally, though I am having some difficulty locating it as
>a post-partum trend.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Mary Carolan
>
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>At 06:59 PM 12/3/03 +0000, you wrote:
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mcdaid,D" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:53 PM
>>Subject: Chief Exec's report on English NHS available
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>The Chief Executive's Report on the English NHS is now available at
>>
>>http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsreport/december2003/nhsreportdec03.pdf
>>
>>David McDaid
>>LSE health and social Care
>>
>>
>>Chief Executive's Report on the NHS
>>
>>December 2003
>>
>> >From the Preface
>>
>>This report describes activity and performance in the NHS over the last six
>>months and in the three
>>years since publication of the NHS Plan.
>>
>>The headlines are:
>>
>>* 3 years of sustained and accelerating progress in improving services;
>>
>>* services delivered more quickly and more conveniently with more support in
>>the home
>>and the community;
>>
>>* on current trends we are well placed to hit this year's targets and
>>achieve waiting times of 6
>>months for admission and 13 weeks for outpatients by the end of 2005.
>>
>>This year, we can expect to admit an additional 200,000 patients to hospital
>>and carry out an additional
>>250,000 treatments in outpatients. Many more patients will be seen and
>>treated in the community.
>>
>>The capacity to treat more patients is still growing with more staff
>>appointed and new services and
>>facilities coming on line.
>>
>>We are making progress but we are only three years into a ten-year programme
>>of change.
>>
>>We have a great deal still to do. This will require continued determination
>>and hard work.
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