Doctors and diversity: Using interfaith literacy and interfaith dialogue to improve patient care

In an increasingly diversifying world, how can doctors and other healthcare professionals improve patient care? Currently, many doctors do not understand how to approach religious differences or recognize their effect on patient health. Doctors must acquire interfaith literacy in medical school thro...

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1. VerfasserIn: Bellwood, Leslie (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Dialog
Jahr: 2019, Band: 58, Heft: 3, Seiten: 217-224
IxTheo Notationen:AX Interreligiöse Beziehungen
KBQ Nordamerika
NCH Medizinische Ethik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Medicine
B Patient Care
B interfaith literacy
B Interfaith Studies
B Interfaith Dialogue
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Zusammenfassung:In an increasingly diversifying world, how can doctors and other healthcare professionals improve patient care? Currently, many doctors do not understand how to approach religious differences or recognize their effect on patient health. Doctors must acquire interfaith literacy in medical school through required courses and learn the skills necessary to engage in interfaith dialogue with patients in their practice in order to provide the best patient care in areas with growing diverse patient populations.
ISSN:1540-6385
Enthält:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12486