Cultural competence in caring for Muslim patients
To meet the care needs of today's diverse patient community, healthcare professionals must learn to care in environments comprising different worldviews, communication styles and expectations. To meet this challenge, it is essential that they operate from a solid foundation of knowledge, based...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2014
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Background and context. Muslim and the Islamic faith: an overview / G. Hussein Rassool
- Nursing, healing and the spiritual dimension: an Islamic perspective / G. Hussein Rassool
- Caring as an act of spirituality / S. Lovering
- Ethical dimensions in caring / S. Lovering and G. Hussein Rassool
- Understanding the Muslim family system / G. Hussein Rassool and C. Sange
- Health behaviours in Islam / G. Hussein Rassool and C. Sange
- Islamic belief and practices affecting health care / G. Hussein Rassool and C. Sange
- The crescent of care: a nursing model to guide the care of Muslim patients / S. Lovering
- pt. 2. Care, contemporary issues and health concerns. Health concerns related to Muslim communities / G. Hussein Rassool
- Fasting and health care / G. Hussein Rassool
- Pilgrimage (hajj) and health considerations / G. Hussein Rassool
- Mental health: cultural and religious influences / G. Hussein Rassool and E.M. Gemaey
- Addictive behaviours: drug use and gampling from an Islamic perspective / G. Hussein Rassool
- Alcohol: the forbidden nectar / G. Hussein Rassool
- Rites de passage: birth, death and bereavement / S. Majali
- Organ and blood donation and end-of-life decisions / G. Hussein Rassool and C. Sange
- Putting cultural competence all together: some considerations in caring for Muslim patients / G. Hussein Rassool
- Appendix : Answers to reflective activities.