HEALTH CARE PROMOTION

Arab Culture and Health Care Promotion

Arab Culture and Health Care Promotion

Introduction

The Arab-Muslim culture is one of the most conservative, thus provision of health care to Arab-Muslim families requires more care. Members of the Arab-Muslim family prefer to be treated by a nurse or doctor of the same sex. The female members feel more strongly toward treatment by a practitioner of the same sex. The general belief of Arab-Muslims is that nurses are not as reliable as doctors; therefore, advice given by a nurse is not taken seriously. There are a number of ways to provide health care to Arab-Muslims ...