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Free talk on Fear in childbirth: is the media responsible?
Fear is increasingly cited as a reason for rising rates of intervention in childbirth, with women allegedly opting for operative birth to avoid going through labour. Explanatory factors are said to include previous negative birth experiences, but increasingly the way that childbirth is portrayed by the media is suggested to be having a significant effect on women’s perceptions and raising anxiety with regard to the birth process. This lecture reports the findings from interdisciplinary research
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm | Refreshments available from 4:00pm. This is a free event
Bournemouth University, Kimmeridge House, Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB
Fri 15 May 2015
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