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ISSN (Print): 0969-4900
ISSN (Online): 2052-4307
Communication skills are fundamental to midwifery (Nicholls and Webb, 2006; Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2009) Communication errors occur when the message becomes distorted; this can be due to the ‘sender’ and ‘receiver’ speaking a different language (Dysart-Gale, 2007) With an increasingly global society, it is becoming more common for contemporary midwifery practice to involve caring for recently-migrated women who speak different languages