Most natural, or prepared, childbirth programs draw on methods developed by Grantly Dick-Read and Fernand Lamaze, who recognized that
A) new labor medications could be used to reduce the pain of childbirth.
B) hospital costs could be saved if women used prepared childbirth methods.
C) cultural attitudes had taught women to fear the birth experience.
D) the mother's home was the safest and least painful place to give birth.
Answer: C
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b. genetic makeup. c. the number of children in their family. d. the amount of pleasure they report.
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