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1. Explain the academic definition of religion based on: an object of worship, a
prophet, theology, scriptures, doctrines & dogmas, rites, rituals, & ceremonies, icons or symbols, holidays, ethics
and social teachings.
2. Explain why understanding the patient’s religious belief is important in medical
practice.
3. Discuss how specific Islamic religious concepts relate to medicine: excellence / quality,
monotheism, messengers and messages, eschatology, sinning, and transgression.
4. Explain how a patient’s understanding of re-determinism affects health-related
behavior with reference to beliefs about human will, human responsibility and accountability for actions / choices, human
rights and limits to individual freedom, disease (causation, prevention, and treatment), health promotion, and reconciliation
between pre-determination and probability theory.
5. Explain dogmas with medical implications in Buddhism and Hinduism, Confucianism
and Taoism, Christianity and Judaism.
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