Religions Culture and Healthcare a Practical Handbook for Use in Healthcare Environments 2nd Edition by Susan Hollins ISBN 9781315357898 1315357895

Chapter I: Cultural and religious diversity within healthcare

References

Chapter 2: Spiritual care

References

Chapter 3: Elements of care

Chapter 4: Religions and other faith groups

Baha’i

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Buddhist

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Language

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Christian

Background and beliefs

General guidance

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Catholic

Dying and death

Organ and tissue donation

Stem cell research

Friends (Quakers)

Basic precepts

Diet

Birth, stillbirth and miscarriage

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Organ and tissue donation

Greek Orthodox

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Russian Orthodox

Fertility treatment, organ and tissue donation, autopsy

Seventh Day Adventists

Dying and death

Organ and tissue donation

Autopsy

Acknowledgements

Other groups

Christian Science

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Jehovah’s Witness

Background and beliefs

Hospital Liaison Committees

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Gender, privacy and dignity

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Rastafari

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Holy days

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Hindu

Background and beliefs

Traditions that apply to all Asian cultures

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Muslim

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

To pray five times daily

Cleansing

The direction of the Quibla

The Holy Quran

Ramadan

Eid

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Religious implications of menstruation

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death

Pastoral care

Dying and death

End of life/resuscitation

Islamic living will and advance directive

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

American Indian/Alaska Natives

Useful to know1–3

Native American Medicine4

Causes of illness

Various Native American treatments

Communication5

References

Jain

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Jewish

Background and beliefs

Keeping the Sabbath

Naming system

Religious obligations

Festivals

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Orthodox Jewish attitudes to miscarriage and stillbirth

Reform Jewish attitudes to miscarriage and stillbirth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Religious implications of menstruation

Contraception

Orthodox Jewish attitudes to fertility treatment

Pastoral care

Orthodox Jewish requirements during dying and death

Reform Jewish requirements during dying and death

Autopsy

Practical considerations with regard to autopsy for Orthodox Jews

Organ and tissue donation

Orthodox considerations with regard to organ and tissue donation

Reform considerations with regard to organ and tissue donation

Pagan

Background and beliefs

Wiccan

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Heathenry

Worship and seasons

Ethics

Dying and death

Possible implications for healthcare treatment

Sikh

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death

Fertility treatment

Stem cell research

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Zoroastrian

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Dress

Language

Birth

Personal hygiene

Gender, privacy and dignity

Attitude to illness

Blood transfusions

Contraception

Fertility treatment

Pastoral care

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Appendix

Care of the Chinese patient

Background and beliefs

Confucianism

Taoism

Good and bad luck

Chinese medicine: the Ch’i principle

Naming system

Religious obligations

Diet

Language

Personal hygiene

The family and the community

Dying and death

Autopsy

Organ and tissue donation

Care of the Latino patient

Useful to know1

Communication

Reference

Care of the Somali patient

Background and beliefs

Naming system

Family and community

The ‘Evil Eye’

Language

Birth

Circumcision

Death

Care of the Vietnamese patient

Useful to know

Communication

Further reading

Resources

Index