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A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion
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Book Description
In our religiously pluralistic society, clergy, medical, and nursing staffs in modern hospitals are confronted with caring for people with varied beliefs and customs. Since the overall care of a patient, and not just the surgeries performed or medicines given, affect an individual's recovery, it is vitally important to be familiar with cultural and religious understandings and expectations around hygiene, pastoral care, autopsies, transfusions, and even the practices associated with death itself. A Hospital Handbook for Multiculturalism and Religion is a succinct guide to the care of patients from a variety of faiths. The original version included Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Baha'i. In the revised edition Neville Kirkwood has added chapters on Taoism, Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Chinese Buddhism, and Jainism. Each chapter examines not only the customs of adherents to various faith perspectives but also the significance of certain rites and attitudes, supplying health-care workers and chaplains with the information they need to provide the best care possible.
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Item Specifications...
ISBN 0819221848
EAN 9780819221841
Pages 130
Dimensions: Length: 5.75" Width: 4.02" Height: 0.55"
Weight: 0.22 lbs.
Release Date Dec 5, 2005
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 | A Novice's Handbook Jun 9, 2008 |
Neville Kirkwood's 130-page paperback "A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion" (2005) is a religions quick study for the care providing industry. The pocket-sized book is helpful in a number of ways.
First, Pastor Neville presents the principle responses care providers should make to devotees of the world's main religions. Next, he addresses the professional's need for understanding religious beliefs related to dietary rules, modesty, communicating diagnosis, abortion, handling the dead, and much more. Finally, he convinces that understanding another's basic spiritual needs helps the healing process.
The ease with which Rev. Kirkwood speaks suggests his long chaplaincy experience with each of the reviewed religions. His points are quickly and well made. For those who know little knowledge of Jainism, Japanese religion, Buddhism, and others this is a good entry-level text. Kirkwood, also, informs about the better-known faiths Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
The downside of this small text is its size. Much of the chaplain's discussion only touches on the peripheral edge of religion belief and meaning. Health care professionals will not, from this book, be well versed nor have even a working knowledge of worldwide religions. The best one can hope for here is only the briefest introductions. Perhaps, such exposure is better than no exposure.
Additionally, Chaplain Kirkwood makes the argument that healthcare organizations should be sensitive (to the point of changing their standards of care) to avoid possible socio-religious offence. Is such politically correct appeasement really necessary for healing and preserving life? Kirkwood's reasoning about this is not clear, nor convincing.
This book is recommended to all novice care providers, seminarians, and anyone beginning a career in religious healthcare.
| | |  | Good little review Dec 14, 2004 |
| Had some good information for such a little pocket sized book, but pretty limited as far as the number of cultures/religious groups that were covered. | | |  | Excellent ready reference Nov 6, 2001 |
| Very useful for health care practitioners and Hospital Chaplains who need an easily assessible answer to common areas of Spiritual concern for various faith groups. I showed my fellow Chaplain Interns this book and they are all ordering it. | | | | A Decent Introduction to Multicultural beliefs and health Mar 29, 2001 |
| I am a hospice chaplain and pastor. I have found the book to be helpful in providing a very basic overview of some of the major cultural customs and beliefs regarding health and illness. Kirkwood, a protestant Christian chaplain, touches on the surface of some of the major facets of a broad sampling of religions and what they believe about health and illness. My main criticism of the book is that it does not give a thorough, or entirely accurate portrayal of all the different religious cultures that Kirkwood claims to address. There is such a plurality of beliefs and customs- even within one faith tradition, that a book of this scope is grossly inadequate, even for lay readers. You WILL learn some basic, very general guidelines- for instance general dietary concerns, attitudes towards autopsies and transfusions,etc. My greatest fear with this book is that healthcare professionals- or even chaplains will pick it up or another book like it and after reading it think that they know what a patient or family member would want based on what religious background they are affiliated with. Your best resource for understanding a patient or family member's needs- religious or otherwise is still TO ASK THEM. The best way to understand another person's cultural beliefs is to allow them to educate us. Anton Boisen, the pioneer of modern Clinical Pastoral Education, once said that we are all "living human documents." In other words, general cultural knowledge is well and good, but it can NEVER relieve us, as caring professionals of the responsibility to properly inform, and learn the needs of those whom we serve- namely patients and family members. Ask them what their needs are, inform them properly, and give them the autonomy and respect they deserve. | | | | A Decent Introduction to Multicultural beliefs and health Mar 29, 2001 |
| I am a hospice chaplain and pastor. I have found the book to be helpful in providing a very basic overview of some of the major cultural customs and beliefs regarding health and illness. Kirkwood, a protestant Christian chaplain, touches on the surface of some of the major facets of a broad sampling of religions and what they believe about health and illness. My main criticism of the book is that it does not give a thorough, or entirely accurate portrayal of all the different religious cultures that Kirkwood claims to address. There is such a plurality of beliefs and customs- even within one faith tradition, that a book of this scope is grossly inadequate, even for lay readers. You WILL learn some basic, very general guidelines- for instance general dietary concerns, attitudes towards autopsies and transfusions,etc. My greatest fear with this book is that healthcare professionals- or even chaplains will pick it up or another book like it and after reading it think that they know what a patient or family member would want based on what religious background they are affiliated with. Your best resource for understanding a patient or family member's needs- religious or otherwise is still TO ASK THEM. The best way to understand another person's cultural beliefs is to allow them to educate us. Anton Boisen, the pioneer of modern Clinical Pastoral Education, once said that we are all "living human documents." In other words, general cultural knowledge is well and good, but it can NEVER relieve us, as caring professionals of the responsibility to properly inform, and learn the needs of those whom we serve- namely patients and family members. Ask them what their needs are, inform them properly, and give them the autonomy and respect they deserve. | | | Write your own review about A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion
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