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A Multi-Faith Resource for Healthcare Staff Primary Author: NHS Education for Scotland Guide developed to provide healthcare workers with knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity to the needs of the diverse faith and belief groups they may encounter in their every day work. For each faith tradition or cultural group included information is provided on: attitudes to healthcare staff and illness; religious practices; diet; fasting; washing and toilet; ideas of modesty and dress; death customs; birth customs; family planning; and blood transfusions, transplants and organ donation. Date Last Modified 11/28/2006 Manual/guide

Palliative Care for Muslim Patients Primary Author: Mohammad Zafir al-Shahri, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center This article from the Journal of Supportive Oncology (Volume 3, Number 6) includes the following topics: - The meaning of suffering in Islam - Islam and medical ethics - Cleanliness - Modesty - Dietary considerations - Longevity of a terminally ill patient - Religious practices around death NOTE: To access this article you will need to sign-up for subscription. Subscriptions are free of charge to to US-based oncology professionals at www.supportiveoncology.net Date Last Modified 11/01/2005 Article

Religion, Health and Medicine in African Americans: Implications for Physicians Primary Author: Jeff Levin, Duke University School of Medicine An article published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, summarizing epidemiological studies of religion and health in African Americans. Date Last Modified 02/01/2005 Article

Religion, Spirituality, and End of Life Care Primary Author: Sara J. Knight, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center This is Module 14 of EndLink: Resource for End of Life Care Education, developed as an educational resource for health professionals involved in end-of-life care. Funded by a National Cancer Institute grant. Date Last Modified 03/25/2004 Website

Religious Diversity: Practical Points for Health Care Providers Primary Author: John Ehman, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania & Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Printable tipsheet for health care providers to use when caring for patients from a number of different religious traditions. These are not comprehensive descriptions but rather practical items that may affect a patient, family, and care team during a hospitalization. Includes points for Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim, and Pentecostal patients. This is also available as a tri-fold brochure. Contact the author, Chaplain John Ehman at the Department of Pastoral Care in the University of Pennsylvania Health System: john.ehman@uphs.upenn.edu Date Last Modified 02/19/2009 On-the-job tool