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Language power and change.

F Carboon
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Language provides a means of communication. It is an efficient way to discuss ideas and information, express thoughts and emotions. The words we use and their context, can, however, alter their intent. Implicit in words and language are layers of meaning. Language is therefore powerful. Biases may be revealed, attitudes subtly reflected. Midwives must be skilled and aware of their use of language. Midwives are striving for change, for increasingly woman centred care and for birth to be recognised as a normal life event of healthy women. Language is an instrument of change which midwives must utilise to be truly with women.

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F Carboon. 1999. Language power and change.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1031-170x(99)80027-0

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