CARING FOR MUSLIM PATIENTS
Paperback 160 pages
Edited by Aziz Sheikh and Rashid Gatrad , respectively, NHS R&D National Primary Care Training Fellow; Consultant Paediatrician, Manor Hospital
Foreword by Sir Alexander Macara , Former Chairman, British Medical Association
2000 1 85775 372 0
Contributors
Abdul Aziz Ahmed Muhammad Anwar Sangeeta Dhami Abdul Rashid Gatrad Matlub Hussain Sir Alexander Macara Iqbal Sacranie Ahmed Sadiq Aziz Sheikh Tim J Winter Contents
Section 1: Islam and Muslims an overview Muslims in Britain: a demographic and socio-economic position The Muslim grand narrative Health and disease: an Islamic framework Section 2: The Muslim Patient The family: predicament and promise Birth customs: meaning and significance Managing the fasting patient: sacred ritual, modern challenges Hajj: journey of a lifetime Death bereavement: an exploration and a meditation Conclusions: breaking barriers, building bridges Appendix 1: Islam medicine on the World Wide Web Muslim organisations Muslim patients customarily have particular ways of approaching health and healthcare. This book addresses common misunderstandings and bridges cultural gaps. It includes a profile of the Islamic worldview, taking an 'insiders perspective' and explores the concept of health and disease within this paradigm. Muslim practices and customs of direct relevance to health and healthcare are also explored and illustrated with case histories.
This book offers practical advice to enable all healthcare professionals in hospitals and in the community to provide care in a culturally appropriate manner.
This landmark publication explains the religious and cultural beliefs of Muslim patients and their families in relation to health and disease and growing medical ethical issues that face society. The text is scholarly written in such a beautiful literary style that I was compelled to read it in one sitting as on might do with a novel. Malcolm Chiswick, Professor of Child Health, University of Manchester
A rare and sensitive insight into the Muslim faith and how it relates to health in Britain today. All health professionals who work with British Muslims should read and take note of all that is written in this important book. Greta Barnes MBE, Director, National Asthma & Respiratory Training Centre
This book provides a springboard from which we can offer more humane, culturally sensitive, and above all, more effective health care to our patients in hospital and in general practice.' Brian Hurwitz, Professor of Primary Health Care, Imperial College School of Medicine
I recommend this book unreservedly to doctors, nurses, researchers, and all those involved in multi-ethnic healthcare in Britain and abroad. It will be suitable for every medical library Bashir Qureshi, President-elect, GP Section, Royal Society of Medicine ''The message of this book is that both knowledge and insight are required to combat institutional racism, whether admitted or unconscious, and to cater positively for patients with a wide diversity of beliefs and practice in a multi-cultural society''
From the Foreword by Sir Alexander Macara
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