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Caring for the Muslim patients

This work covers the practical and ethical issues surrounding Muslim patients. It includes an overview of the Islamic world and explores the concept of health and disease within this paradigm. The book also gives practial advice to provide care in a culturally appropriate manner.
Print Book, English, 2000
Radcliffe Medical Press, Oxford, 2000
9781857753721, 1857753720
1031500545
Islam and Muslims - an overview: Muslims in Britain - a demographic and socio-economic position; the Muslim grand narrative; health and disease - an Islamic framework. 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.