Main description:

This text provides healthcare professionals with a basic knowledge of health beliefs and practices in world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Sikhism, Islam, and Judaism. By exploring how various religious traditions view sickness, health, birth, and death and discussing their clinical practices, it will ensure that clinicians are better able to help patients from a variety of backgrounds. Written in a user-friendly fashion and easy to reference quickly, "World Religions for Healthcare Professionals" is suitable for all health practitioners with very little background knowledge.

Contents:

1. Introduction, Ernie Bursey 2. American Indian Religions, Carla Gober and Roy Kim 3. Hinduism, Manoj Shah and Siroj Sorajjakool 4. Buddhism, Siroj Sorajjakool and Supaporn Naewbood 5. Chinese Religions (Confucianism and Taoism), Kwang Hee Park 6. Sikhism, Arvind Mandair 7. Islam, Hamid Mavani 8. Judaism, Rabbi Douglas Kohn 9. Christianity, David R. Larson 10. Recent Religious Movements in America, Julius J. Nam