Bonnie Tompkins posted in Including Diverse Perspectives
Title: Why It’s Important to Bring Faith Communities and Clinicians Together (2017)
This article will increase your understanding of why including individuals' religious beliefs when addressing end of life and palliative care needs is beneficial for communities-health care providers and patients. Religious and spiritual beliefs are key perspectives when working with people of faith as they guide the type of care and support important to them.
Through a physician's engagement with a patient of faith and their community faith leader, this article provides a great example of how incorporating religious beliefs leads to patient-centred care and better quality of life and allows healthcare providers to be mindful and respectful of their wishes.
For access to article and video of the physician's interview, follow the link: http://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs/why-it-s-important-to-bring-faith-…