title: Cultural lack of birth experience empowers media representations, not women.
authors.affiliation: Friends of the Birth Center, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D008402:Mass Media; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards*; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States