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| Tuesday, 28 June 2005 12:42 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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The University of Edinburgh has launched a study into the care of terminally ill Sikh and Muslim patients.
Professor Aziz Sheikh, who will look into the needs of patients and carers, said that palliative care services were too focused on elderly patients and ignored the needs of migrants who often die from diseases at a much younger age.
"No effective national provisions are in place for training of healthcare professionals in transcultural medicine, and few professionals will therefore have real opportunity to learn about death rites in different cultures," he said.
"The importance of these and other rites of passage need to be understood by caregivers."
Professor Sheikh will recruit 25 terminally ill Sikh and Muslim patients from GP surgeries, hospices and community centres.
Damyanti Patel, Macmillan's National Network Development Coordinator for Black and Ethnic Minorities, said on the BBC Health website: "There is no special training given to medical students and student nurses, but there should be.
"Some patients will have many, many visitors. It is not the culture to send a card or flowers. You go and visit to show you care."
She added that religious and cultural factors, such as dress, food and gender, needed more consideration.
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