Heirali Alya Abbas, Javed Sidra, Damani Zaheed, Kachra Rahim, Valiani Sabira, Walli Al-Karim, Couillard Philippe, Geransar Rose, Simon Jessica, Karim Safiya
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Palliat Care Soc Pract. 2021 Feb 27;15:2632352421997152. doi: 10.1177/2632352421997152. eCollection 2021.
Advance care planning is the process of communicating and documenting a person's future health care preferences. Despite its importance, knowledge of advance care planning is limited, especially among the Islamic community. In addition, little is known about how the Islamic community views advance care planning in the context of their religious and cultural beliefs.
We aimed to increase knowledge of the importance of advance care planning, to improve health care provider and public knowledge, and to encourage dialogue between the community and health care providers.
We organized a community event and assembled a multi-disciplinary panel. Through a moderated discussion, the panel members offered their perspectives of advance care planning within a Muslim context.
Approximately 100 individuals attended the event including community members, health care providers, medical students, and faith leaders. More than 90% of respondents rated the event as very good or excellent, found the session useful and were encouraged to reflect further on advance care planning.
This event was successful in raising awareness about advance care planning within the Islamic community as well as educating health care providers on Islamic views. This model of community and health care provider engagement may also be beneficial for other faith groups wishing to discuss advance care planning within their respective religious and cultural contexts.
预先护理计划是沟通和记录个人未来医疗保健偏好的过程。尽管其很重要，但对预先护理计划的了解有限，尤其是在穆斯林社区。此外，对于穆斯林社区如何在其宗教和文化信仰背景下看待预先护理计划知之甚少。
我们旨在提高对预先护理计划重要性的认识，改善医疗保健提供者和公众的知识，并鼓励社区与医疗保健提供者之间的对话。
我们组织了一次社区活动，并组建了一个多学科小组。通过一场有主持人的讨论，小组成员分享了他们在穆斯林背景下对预先护理计划的看法。
约100人参加了此次活动，包括社区成员、医疗保健提供者、医学生和宗教领袖。超过90%的受访者将此次活动评为非常好或优秀，认为该环节有用，并受到鼓励进一步思考预先护理计划。
此次活动成功提高了穆斯林社区对预先护理计划的认识，并让医疗保健提供者了解了穆斯林的观点。这种社区与医疗保健提供者互动的模式，对于其他希望在各自宗教和文化背景下讨论预先护理计划的信仰团体可能也有益处。
