Caring for Muslim patients / edited by Aziz Sheikh, Abdul Rashid Gatrad ; foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Radcliffe, c2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 145 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781857758122 (pbk.) :
- Muslims -- Medical care -- Great Britain
- Muslims -- Health and hygiene
- Health -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Health behavior -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Transcultural medical care -- Great Britain
- Religion and Medicine
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Islam
- Transcultural Nursing
- United Kingdom -- ethnology
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- RA485
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Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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