Caring for Hindu patients.9781857755985 Caring for Hindu patients. Ed. by Diviash Thakrar et al. Radcliffe Radcliffe, town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical, engineering, and paper plants. The parish church, founded in Norman times, has been restored. Publishing 2008 130 pages $48.82 Paperback RA418 This guide to the culture and beliefs of Hindus has been aimed at healthcare professionals who must act with sensitivity toward value systems while providing quality care. Editors Thakrar (Hillingdon Hospital Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Greater London. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), Inpatients, Day Surgery and Outpatient , UK), Das (a UK Educational Consultant on Hinduism) and Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. (U. of Edinburgh) have collected articles on such medical topics as contraception contraception: see birth control. contraception Birth control by prevention of conception or impregnation. The most common method is sterilization. The most effective temporary methods are nearly 99% effective if used consistently and correctly. , abortion, infertility infertility, inability to conceive or carry a child to delivery. The term is usually limited to situations where the couple has had intercourse regularly for one year without using birth control. and death, and how these issues should be handled when dealing with Hindu patients and their families. Background information on Hinduism has also been provided, such as language, dress, diet and cultural activities. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed in the US by BookMasters. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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