American muslim perceptions of healing: Key agents in healing, and their roles

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 846-858

  Padela, Aasim I ^a   Killawi, Amal ^b   Forman, Jane ^b   Demonner, Sonya ^b   Heisler, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

culture cultural competence; focus groups; healing; model building; religion spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860522010     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312438969     Document Type: Article

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