How does social media influence expectations, decision making and experiences of childbirth?
Background/Aims: Ideological perceptions of normal, physiological birth can be potentially dangerous. Clinicians highlighted to the Health and Social Care Committee how social media affects this, believing that the 'pressure' of social media contributing to 'a big expectation of normality' among exp...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Midwifery Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 210 - 220 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Apr2023
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