"Is it realistic?" the portrayal of pregnancy and childbirth in the media

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• 作者：Ann Luce ; Marilyn Cash ; Vanora Hundley ; Helen Cheyne…
• 关键词：Medical model ; Reality television ; Labour ; Medicalization ; Midwifery
• 刊名：BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：550 KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Maternal and Child Health; Gynecology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2393

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Background Considerable debate surrounds the influence media have on first-time pregnant women. Much of the academic literature discusses the influence of (reality) television, which often portrays birth as risky, dramatic and painful and there is evidence that this has a negative effect on childbirth in society, through the increasing anticipation of negative outcomes. It is suggested that women seek out such programmes to help understand what could happen during the birth because there is a cultural void. However the impact that has on normal birth has not been explored.