Caring for Muslim Patients
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Author(s): A. Sheikh and A. R. Gatrad (Eds)
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
ISBN: 9781857758122
Format: softback
145pp
Price: £14.95, $49.95
Review Date: 01 September 2008
Review: This book aims to improve the experience of healthcare for Muslim patients. It begins by discussing the history of Muslim migration to the West, which laid down the basis of the current demographies of Muslim communities. It goes on to look at ways to promote the social, economic and political integration of Muslims (primarily in Britain). The relationship between health and faith, and the principles that underpin Islam bioethics in the context of healthcare are all discussed. The second half of the book examines more practical issues — birth customs; the fasting patient; Hajj, the journey of life; death and bereavement.