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From uncertainty to risk: How mass media in the UK and the US generate fear of childbirth.

van Teijlingen, E., Hundley, V. and De Vries, R., 2026. From uncertainty to risk: How mass media in the UK and the US generate fear of childbirth. In: Scamell, M., Coxon, K. and De Vries, R., eds. Risk and uncertainty in maternity care. Switzerland: Palgrave Micmilan, 327-346.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02731-3_16

Abstract

Book chapter analysing the media's role in the creating of fear to add to the naturally occuring unceratinty in childbirth. Chapter compares UK and USA and is written by an interdisciplinary team bringing to the writing ideas from the UK and the USA and from the disciplones of health service research, midwifery and sociology.

Item Type:Book Section
ISBN:9783032027306
Series Name:Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
Number of Pages:20
Uncontrolled Keywords:Risk; Maternity; midwifery; uncertainty; media portrayal
Group:Faculty of Health, Environment & Medical Sciences
ID Code:41985
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:29 Jun 2026 15:53
Last Modified:29 Jun 2026 15:53

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