Caring for Muslim patients

Caring for Muslim patients

Sheikh, Aziz and Gatrad, Abdul Rashid, editors

Oxford

New York: Radcliffe, 2008.

United Kingdom: Oxford

145 p.

English

20080000

Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales

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8.1;1.2;2.1;9.5.1;21.7

cultural competency--[pri];Muslims--[pri];patient care--[pri]

attitudes to death;allowing to die;bioethics;childbirth;cross-cultural comparison;family relationship;fasting;hajj;health;immigrants;international aspects;Internet;Islamic ethics;Islamic organizations;minority groups;professional patient relationship;socioeconomic factors;Western world

Great Britain--[pri]

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Foreword to second edition -- Foreword to first edition -- About the editors -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section 1: Islam and Muslims ئ an overview -- 1. Muslims in the west: demographic and socio-economic position / Muhammad Anwar -- 2. The Muslim grand narrative / Tim J. Winter -- 3. Health and disease: an Islamic framework / Abdul Aziz Ahmed -- 4. Principles of Islamic bioethics / Hamza Yusuf Hanson -- Section 2: The Muslim patient -- 5. The family: predicament and promise / Sangetta Dhami and Aziz Sheikh -- 6. Birth customs: meaning and significance / Abdul Rashid Gatrad and Aziz Sheikh -- 7. Managing the fasting patient: sacred ritual, modern challenges / Ahmed Sadiq -- 8. Hajj: journey of a lifetime / Abdul Rashid Gatrad and Aziz Sheikh -- 9. Death and bereavement: an exploration and a meditation / Aziz Sheikh and Abdul Rashid Gatrad -- 10. Conclusions: breaking barriers, building bridges / Aziz Sheikh and Abdul Rashid Gatrad -- Section 3: Appendices and glossary -- Appendix 1: Islam and medicine on the world wide web / Saddaf Alam -- Appendix 2: Muslim organisations / Saddaf Alam -- Glossary -- Index

RA485 .C25 2008

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2nd edition

Includes references

9781857758122