On Strengthening Compassionate Care for Muslim Patients

Zaidi, Danish

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“…Zaidi showed that when the nurse and patient have the same gender, the nurse is more motivated to talk about the patient's personal matters. [26] In a study, gender difference between patients and nurses was considered an important cultural barrier to effective communication. [27] Cultural and religious differences between Islamic and Western countries could explain these differences, because some compassionate behaviors such as touching the hands of the opposite sex are improper according to Islam, and to expand compassionate behaviors, Muslim nurses must work based on Islamic rules.…”

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Compassionate care challenges and barriers in clinical nurses: A qualitative study

Babaei

Taleghani

2019

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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Background: Compassion is the heart of nursing care. Barriers to compassion in nursing may be influenced by the prevailing culture and religion of a society. Determining the barriers to providing compassion-based care would help nurses to plan better and more appropriate interventions. This study aimed to explore the challenges and barriers to compassionate care in nurses. Materials and Methods: This ethnographic study was performed in 2014–2016. The study participants consisted of 40 nurses, 16 patients, and 8 family members in medical and surgical wards. Data collection was performed through observations and interviews. Data analysis was performed based on Strauss and Corbin's constant comparative method. Results: Data analysis defined three themes as the challenges and barriers to compassionate care; challenges and barriers related to the contextual environment of hospitals, sociocultural challenges and barriers, and challenges; and barriers related to staff. Conclusions: This study described the challenges and barriers to compassionate care. Therefore, to eliminate these barriers and challenges, corrective action should be taken by managers. Attention to teaching the concept of compassion and patient-centered care and increasing the number of nurses and positive attitude toward the nursing profession in clinical environment can be effective in providing compassionate care.

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Compassionate care challenges and barriers in clinical nurses: A qualitative study

Babaei

Taleghani

2019

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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“…Knowledge of how Muslim family members use their religion could equip hospital staff members and administrators to understand and support these religious practices. This perspective mirrors the comments of a Muslim chaplain that “a grounded understanding of general Islamic beliefs on the definition of life, the use of palliative care, etc … offers caregivers the potential to greatly improve patient experience and satisfaction” (Zaidi, 2015, p. 173). Supporting Muslim religious beliefs in the context of hospitalization is not only a sign of respect but, based on results from this study, is key to assisting Muslim families in their medical decision-making.…”

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Islam, The Holy Qur’an, and Medical Decision-Making: The Experience of Middle Eastern Muslim Families with Children Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation in the United States

Ragsdale

Othman

Khoury

et al. 2018

J Pastoral Care Counsel

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Some Arabic-speaking Muslim family members of children requiring bone marrow transplantation receive medical care for their children in the United States. Muslim family members' use of Islam in the course of their child's bone marrow transplantation was studied using grounded theory, a qualitative research method. Eighteen members of Middle Eastern Muslim families with a total of 13 children receiving bone marrow transplantation were interviewed by an Arabic-speaking healthcare provider. Interviews were coded by an interdisciplinary team. Seven key themes were identified.

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“…Some programs may offer formal training on the intersection of health care and Islam, but access is limited to certain professions such as physician trainees. 47 46,48 With the growing focus on interprofessional health professions education and interdisciplinary health care delivery, 49 it may be beneficial to add a Muslim clinician to the health care team in areas where there are substantial Muslim populations. Similarly, Muslim chaplains should be made available in health care facilities, working collaboratively with local imams and facility staff to respond to patients' needs.…”

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“…24 Obtaining informed consent before the administration of pain medication, although not a standard process in most US hospitals, documents the choice made. 46…”

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Supporting Muslim Patients During Advanced Illness

Boucher

Siddiqui

Koenig

2017

TPJ

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Religion is an important part of many patients' cultural perspectives and value systems that influence them during advanced illness and toward the end of life when they directly face mortality. Worldwide violence perpetrated by people identifying as Muslim has been a growing fear for people living in the US and elsewhere. This fear has further increased by the tense rhetoric heard from the recent US presidential campaign and the new presidential administration. For many, this includes fear of all Muslims, the second-largest religious group in the world with 1.6 billion adherents and approximately 3.5 million in the US alone. Patient-centered care requires health professionals to look past news headlines and unchecked social media so they can deliver high-quality care to all patients. This article explores areas of importance in the context of advanced illness for practitioners of Islam. These include the conditions needed for prayer, the roles of medical treatment and religious authority, the importance of modesty, the religious concordance of clinicians, the role of family in medical decision making, advance care planning, and pain and symptom management. Initial recommendations to optimize care for Muslim patients and their families, informed by the described tenets of Muslim faith, are provided for clinicians and health systems administrators. These include Islamic cultural awareness training for staff, assessment of patients and families to determine needs, health education and decision-making outreach, and community health partnerships with local Islamic institutions.

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On Strengthening Compassionate Care for Muslim Patients

Cited by 5 publications

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Compassionate care challenges and barriers in clinical nurses: A qualitative study

Compassionate care challenges and barriers in clinical nurses: A qualitative study

Islam, The Holy Qur’an, and Medical Decision-Making: The Experience of Middle Eastern Muslim Families with Children Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation in the United States

Supporting Muslim Patients During Advanced Illness

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