Belitung Nursing Journal
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021): January - February

Nurses’ roles in palliative care: An Islamic perspective

Edy Suprayitno (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas ’Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Iwan Setiawan (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas ’Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Feb 2021

Abstract

Palliative care is an important approach for nurses to improve the quality of life of patients holistically and mitigate suffering among the patients in critical condition and near to death. This article provides an Islamic perspective about nurses’ roles in palliative care, which can be applied worldwide, especially in Muslim-majority countries. Understanding Islamic beliefs will help nurses provide professional and culturally sensitive nursing care. In its principle, Islam always respects the process of life until death comes. So, the application of Islamic values in palliative care will make the patients accept their ill condition completely, keep being close to Allah SWT (God), and die peacefully. The concepts of illness, death, early action on the dead, and palliative care application in nursing are explained in this article to open up new ideas rather than provide definitive answers. We hope that this perspective will highlight healthcare policymakers the need to integrate Islamic values in nursing practice.

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bnj

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Subject

Nursing

Description

BNJ contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. BNJ welcomes submissions of evidence-based ...