Researchers analysed 87 births shown in 48 episodes of BBC’s Call The Midwife, This Is Going To Hurt and Channel 4’s One Born Every Minute.
They compared how the depiction of these births compared to modern guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence .But a third of the time depictions of midwives and doctors clamping the umbilical cord were shown inaccurately or dramatised, according to the paper which has been published in the journal JRSM Open.
“We are impressed that UK television shows have accurately depicted some changes in childbirth over the last century, but on the other hand they have also provided the public with a picture of poor-quality care when it comes to clamping during childbirth.“We saw too early cord clamping in most televised births but no programme informed viewers about the safety aspects.
“Incorrect depictions like this, however routine, can lead to misinterpretations of correct practice by the public. “It is highly accurate to the period it depicts, and shows how childbirth has changed radically over the years.”
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