ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on caring as a fundamental aspect of nursing and addresses the context of providing person-centric care to Muslim patients that is culturally appropriate. Tenets of individual philosophies and beliefs therefore become an essential consideration to position the Muslim person at the center of nursing activities. The information in this chapter goes beyond the rhetoric to describe the Islamic conception of care for pragmatic use by Muslim and non-Muslim nurses providing care to Muslim patients. Numbered around 1.8 billion, Muslims account for 24% of the global population, and with Islam as the second-largest-growing religion worldwide, there is a philosophical imperative to advance understanding and comprehension of Muslim-specific customs, given that Islam is a way of life that permeates all aspects of daily living activities. There is a paucity within the healthcare systems landscape of care that responds to the unique needs and expectations of Muslim patients, and this chapter asserts that addressing this is fundamental to upholding Islamic humanism as a viable modality of effective patient-centric care.
