This workshop focuses on the beliefs and practices of various religious groups which can affect health care and create conflicts and misunderstandings. Groups covered include Buddhists, Catholics, Hindus, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, and Sikhs. An overview of traditional practices that can result in conflict and misunderstanding. This workshop is designed to focus on a single ethnic or religious group and the beliefs and practices that can create conflicts or misunderstandings in the health care setting. As an alternative, a briefer overview of several different groups can be given in a two hour format, when combined with one of the introductory workshops.
All workshops are highly interactive.