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Culturally Competent Care for Muslim Patients Primary Author: Karen Peterson-Iyer, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics A set of patient cases that target some of the most common cultural and religious issues that arise in clinical health care settings for Muslim immigrants. Cases include "Confronting a Fetal Abnormality" and "Cancer: A Failure to Communicate." Includes detailed case descriptions followed by reflections by several experts. Developed by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Date Last Modified 01/01/2008 Case example/study, Website

A Dictionary of Patients' Spiritual & Cultural Values for Health Care Professionals Primary Author: HealthCare Chaplaincy This is "a guide that is meant to describe beliefs and practices generally found within a particular cultural or religious group." The purpose is to help healthcare providers meet the Joint Commission's requirement for addressing and maintaining patient rights for their cultural, religious, spiritual, and personal values, and religious and other spiritual practices to be accommodated. Sections include: Western Religions: Comparison of Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions; Judaism; Christianity; Christian Science; Eastern Orthodox; Jehovah's Witness; Mormonism; Protestantism; Roman Catholicism; Seventh-day Adventism; Islam (Muslim); Sunni vs. Shiite Eastern Religions: Buddhism; Hinduism; Sikhism Other Religions: Baha'i; Native American; Rastafarian Movement; Santeria; Voodoo; Wicca Major American Cultures: African-American/Black Culture; Hispanic-American Culture; Native American Culture African Cultures: Somali-American Culture; Caribbean Cultures; Cuban-American Culture; Haitian-American Culture; Jamaican-American Culture Middle East/South Asian Cultures: Arab-American Culture; East Indian-American Culture; Iranian-American Culture East Asian Cultures: Chinese-American Culture; Filipino-American Culture; Japanese-American Culture; Korean-American Culture; Vietnamese-American Culture Euro-Asian Cultures: Gypsy/Roma Culture; Russian-American Culture Date Last Modified 09/01/2009 Manual/guide, Report/Document/Book chapter

An ethnographic research about the conceptions of spiritual health held by the Kendu hospital staff members, patients and the inhabitants of the Kendu Bay village. Short visual overview of the Study w Primary Author: Ikali Olavi Karvinen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Research abstract: Spiritual health. Date Last Modified 07/20/2010 Article

Eye on Religion: Buddhism Primary Author: Ronald Y. Nakasone, Graduate Theological Union, Berkley, CA Article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 100, Number 6) describing Buddhist medical theory and caregiving. Date Last Modified 06/01/2007 Article

Eye on Religion: Clinicians and Hinduism Primary Author: Uma Mysorekar, The Hindu Temple Society of North America Brief article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 99, Number 4) that provides a background description of Hinduism and naming key points for clinicians to keep in mind when working with Hindu patients. Date Last Modified 04/01/2006 Article