Y.W.'s mother has just arrived in the United States and speaks no English. What measures
can be taken to facilitate communication between medical personnel and the mother?
What will be an ideal response?
• Follow hospital protocols and bring in a professional translator.
• Ask the professional translator to help develop a communications board with English words under
each Thai word.
• If a translator is not available, demonstrate supportive behavior: Be attentive to both your own,
Y.W.'s, and his mother's nonverbal messages.
• Pantomime simple words and actions.
• Use pictures.
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