Islam and Mental Disorders of the Older Adults: Religious Text, Belief System and Caregiving Practices

This paper illustrates the impact of Islamic religious texts on dementia care in the Middle East. It examines how old age and older adults mental disorders are framed in the Quran and Hadith, and how these texts are transformed to belief ideologies and caregiving practices. The study uses a qualitat...

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Authors: Daher-Nashif, Suhad (Author) ; Al-Wattary, Noor (Author) ; Hammad, Suzanne H. (Author) ; Kane, Tanya (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2021
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 2051-2065
Further subjects:B Middle East
B Islam
B Older Adults
B Caregiving
B Dementia
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