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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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In: |
Dialog
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 217-224 |
RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations KBQ North America NCH Medical ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Medicine
B Patient Care B interfaith literacy B Interfaith Studies B Interfaith Dialogue |
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Summary: | 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. |
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ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12486 |