Providing culturally sensitive care to the childbearing Islamic family: Part II.
Culturally sensitive care requires a unique combination of empathy, curiosity, and a profound respect for others. This article provides insight into the Islamic family structure and the traditional male and female roles that health care providers may encounter. Best practice considerations focused on communication with and care of the family during hospitalization, and strategies to support breastfeeding, dietary, and medication requirements are provided. Neonatal end-of-life decision making and death rituals are also discussed in context with commonly held religious beliefs and practices of this population.
Roberts
Kimberly S
KS
USN, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, (Bldg 1), Surgical Services Dept, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA. kimberly_roberts@hotmail.com
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001942:Breast Feeding; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007514:Islam; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States