Ahmad kaako, md family centered care in islamic medicine

Family-Centered Care in Islamic Medicine: A Narrative Review.

Ahmad Kaako, MD, FACP. Iman Azizah, BS.

2nd International Medical Center (IMC) & the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) Collaborative Conference.

Dec 28 – 29th, 2014 International Medical City, Jeddah, KSA

DisclosureI have No conflict of interest in relation to this presentation.

No relevant financial or commercial interest relation to this presentation.

ObjectivesFamily centered care definition.

Islamic Medicine.

Brief description of the study design, resources, method and results.

Examples about family centered care in the Holy Quran.

Examples about family centered care in Sunnah.

Conclusion.

Historical BackgroundMoving away from the disease- or provider-focused model

to be more patient-centered and Family- centered care.

The family-centered care model, developed most notably in pediatrics, but emerging in HIV, cancer, and aging.

Family-Centered Care Definition

Patient- and family-centered care is an innovative approach to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care that is grounded in a mutually beneficial partnership among patients, families, and providers that recognizes the importance of the family in the patient’s life.

Islamic Medicine (Prophetic) Our focus is on the Prophetic

Medicine, under the Islamic Medicine.

Comprehensive approach and mindset that promote the health and wellbeing of the body, mind and spirit taking into consideration the faith and family.

Objective and DesignNarrative review was conducted to identify relevant verses

and Hadiths in the Holy Quran and Sunnah.

Materials and methodsThe English translation of the Holy Quran and Sunnah books

were searched for the keywords “sickness”, “parent” and “family” combined and separately.

Materials and methods

Materials and methodsAll the search results were reviewed and the texts were

examined for health related matters in the context of family and/or social network.

Only one representative Hadith of the various narrations of the similar texts were included in the final results.

The results were analyzed and subdivided into practical themes.

Results

Among 1631 keywords search results, 8 verses and 15 Hadiths were extracted and identified to be relevant to FCC.

The most common themes encountered were related to the care of children and elderly, including end of life care.

Quran Results

Parent Care

Hadiths Results

Hadiths Results

Visiting the sick

Parent Consent

Breaking bad news

Tahnik

Checking on the sick

Cupping

Seeking advice for a sick family member

Seeking advice for a sick family member

Care at the time of calamities

Terminal Illness

Terminal Illness

Terminal Illness

Death and Grieving

ConclusionFamily Centered Care, the current standard of care, was

demonstrated in variable aspects of the holistic prophetic Islamic Medicine comprehensive approach to achieve the wellness of the whole person in his cultural and social network.

Contact informationAhmad Kaako, MD, FACP.

Staff Hospitalist physician

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

7301 Rogers Ave

Fort Smith, AR 72903

Email: ahmadkaako@hotmail.com

Cell Phone: +1- (479)-926-9426