Low income and/or minority patients are less likely to receive preventative care due to lack of adequate insurance (medical coverage) and language barrier issues. Abuse, violence and alcohol and/or drug use/abuse is less likely to be discussion topics by doctors when caring for minority groups. Refugees from Sudan are less likely to receive/administer accurate full doses of prescribed medications due to history of shortages and/or limited health care. Spiritual powers and religious practices and beliefs shape how many cultures supplement their medical care. Complementary alternative medicines are used in many countries in place of western medical care.…
In 610 Ce, a merchant trader from Mecca made one of his frequent visit to a cave on nearby mount Hira for muhammad it was a time to pray. According to Muhammad , it was on this visit to mt. hira that the archangel gabriel squeezed him hard and caused words to flow from his mouth, the words said that allah was the one god. In 610 mecca was a bustling arabian trade town it was also where arab pagans came to perform rituals at the sacred ka’ba . after receiving allahs word for two years .…
You may know Christianity and Judaism's faith but Islamic faith unique and interesting. In the beginning stages if islamic faith something started it all. You may ask how Islamic faith it actually similar to the other well known religions. Most of the Islamic faith were ideas from other religions but they have this amazing month Ramadan that celebrates the start if islamic faith. Islamic faith not as well known but with a interesting religion with unique ideas on how it all started.…
Explain the significance of THE HAJJ for ISLAMIC adherents It is one of the five pillars of Islam, Muslims have to complete the Hajj at least once to fulfill the prophecy that was set for them in the Qur’an. Demonstrate how THE HAJJ expresses the beliefs of ISLAM The Muslims need to complete the Hajj because it is in the Qur’an to complete the Hajj, and is one of the five pillars of Islam, which Muslims are required to follow because it is in their faith and traditions to fully submit to the will of God, which means completing the Hajj.…
The variety of Jewish beliefs and practices makes it difficult to provide detailed guidance for the healthcare provider. There are different classifications of Jewish beliefs and each group may have some of its own beliefs on certain issues, it is important to ask the patient or their family members in regards specific religious needs as early as possible. Some Jewish patients may feel uncomfortable receiving care from a provider of the opposite gender. They may accept cross-gender care if they know that their team is the best available for their treatment. In the Jewish practice views that the prohibition of work on the Sabbath and holidays, in these cases special nursing attention may be given to the observant Jewish patient by nursing…
Religion for Black Americans represent a huge portion of their lives. The most abundant religions are Southern Baptist, Fundamentalist and Muslim (Dayer-Berenson, 2014). Beyond this religions they also believe in the healing power of certain individual and region itself. For the Black Americans that are Muslim, the nurse have to take to consideration that such individual may've a different diet do to their beliefs. Specifically, muslims say that you are what you eat.…
2010) construct combine all the activities related to caring, ethics, circumstance, and religious studies into the need for awareness, understanding, and choice in the care of the Muslim population in the United States. the values, beliefs, and customs of Islamic religion are appreciated in united state and any other nations because they play a very important role to create mutual understanding and a sense of community among Muslims and non-Muslims. There are a lot of benefits by using this approach. When a patient’s cultural needs are met, the possibility to follow the health care plan increases as compare to when cultural needs are not met (Maier-Lorenz, 2008). When anyone gains knowledge about Islam, he realizes that it is a way of a good and successful life not only as a religion.…
2- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in another narration, is also reported to have said: Seek treatment, for God the Exalted did not create a disease for which He did not create a treatment, except senility. Which is further emphasized by one of the “Goals of the Islamic Shari`ah”; the protection and preservation of life. These evidences supported…
According to the article by Jonsen, A.R., Siegler, M., & Winslade, W.J. (2015), "Religious belief and the teachings of various faith communities are relevant to medical…
Reading about the struggle for immigrants to receive healthcare is pretty disheartening. You imagine an individual or a family who goes through all the work of getting to the United States, establishing themselves with a job and a halfway decent place to live, and then working their hardest to contribute to society, but at the end of the day, they can’t get healthcare coverage either because of their status or the fact that they work jobs in a sector that provides little to no coverage. The chart from the National Immigration Law Center shows how willing we are to accept and help individuals such as those seeking asylum to sustain a heathy living with coverage and government aid from organizations such as SNAP and medicaid, but the question…
The legal aspect covers prohibited and prescribed behaviors, such as abstaining from alcohol and practicing regular exercise. The guided approach provides the Muslim with general provisions on how to conduct their daily life. Direct healing through the Qur’an is the third approach. Allah expects all Muslims to be merciful and compassionate to others, regardless of their religion or lifestyle practices, and there are no rules prohibiting Muslim healthcare providers from caring for those of differing beliefs (Rassool…
Medieval Islamic medicine differed from its ancient Greek counterpart in a number of ways, one of which was the rising involvement of rulers, high-ranking officials, groups of scholars and female practitioners in numerous healthcare sectors. However, few people could achieve the status of a truly learned physician, whose specialties and general functions were quite different from those of other medical occupations such as druggists, bone-setters and ophthalmologists. Particularly, Ibn Zuhr (d. 1162), an Arab physician in Muslim Spain, once categorically stated in his treatise that physicians should not be concerned with treating the patients by means of surgery, but rather by means of diet and medications (Pormann and Savage-Smith, Medieval…
There are five elements that make the bases of beliefs in the Muslim faith. The first element is faith in God and that he alone is the creator. The second element is the belief in angels. Angels play an important role in the Muslim faith, the first messenger Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel. The third element is the faith in God’s messengers, the prophet and messengers who God made revelations to.…
Islam means peace, and historically it was seen that followers of the faith have the ability to launch some of the best medical care of their time. As more people begin to follow Islam in the U.S. there will be an unmeasurable amount of aid to the healthcare system brought by Muslims. Presumably as the Muslim population grows there will be not only more hospitals founded but also the desire to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors and achieve great things in the medical…
'Whoever kills a person it is as though he has killed all mankind. And whoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved all mankind.'(Quran 5:32). Those verses have such powerful meaning that it can motivate people help out each other when they need help if something goes wrong in this flawless body. Let’s start by saying that Medicine is the right course for me, surely.…