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Midwifery, childbirth and the media / Ann Luce, Vanora Hundley, Edwin van Teijlingen, editors.

Contributor(s): Luce, Ann [editor.] | Hundley, Vanora [editor.] | Van Teijlingen, Edwin R [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave pivotPublisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]Copyright date: ℗♭2017Description: xi, 161 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319635132 (ebook)Subject(s): Midwifery in mass media | Childbirth in mass media | Midwifery -- Social aspects | Childbirth -- Social aspects | Health and Wellbeing | Clinical & internal medicine | Cultural studies | Media studies | Materno-fetal medicine | Nursing | Midwifery | Society & culture: general | Nursing specialties | Gynaecology & obstetricsGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9783319635125Summary: This edited collection - one of a kind in its field - addresses the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media. This edited collection - one of a kind in its field - addresses the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media. Bringing together international scholars and practitioners, this succinct volume offers a cross-disciplinary discussion regarding the role of media in childbirth, midwifery and pregnancy representation. One chapter critiques the provision and dissemination of health information and promotional materials in a suburban antenatal clinic, while others are devoted to specific forms of media - television, the press, social media - looking at how each contribute to women's perceptions and anxieties with regard to childbirth.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This edited collection - one of a kind in its field - addresses the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media. This edited collection - one of a kind in its field - addresses the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media. Bringing together international scholars and practitioners, this succinct volume offers a cross-disciplinary discussion regarding the role of media in childbirth, midwifery and pregnancy representation. One chapter critiques the provision and dissemination of health information and promotional materials in a suburban antenatal clinic, while others are devoted to specific forms of media - television, the press, social media - looking at how each contribute to women's perceptions and anxieties with regard to childbirth.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9783319635125

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