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Bridging generic and professional care practices for Muslim patients through use of Leininger’s Culture Care Modes
Hiba Wehbe-Alamah
Department of Nursing, School of Health Professions and Studies, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint MI, United States of America
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide knowledge of traditional Muslim generic (folk) care beliefs, expressions and practices derived from research and descriptive sources, in order to assist nurses and other health care professionals to integrate generic (folk) into professional care practices.
Muslim generic (folk) care beliefs and practices related to the caregiving process, health, illness, dietary needs, dress, privacy, modesty, touch, gender relations, eye contact, abortion, contraception, birth, death and bereavement were explored. A discussion involving the use of Leininger’s culture care preservation and/or maintenance, culture care accommodation and/or negotiation and culture care repatterning and/or restructuring action modes to bridge the gap between generic (folk) and professional (etic) care practices and to consequently promote culturally congruent care is presented.
Keywords
nursing, generic care, professional care, Leininger, culture care modes, Muslim
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