How religious literacy can save lives | Religion News Service

June 21, 2017
(RNS) While on clinical rotations, I helped treat a patient who seemed to be fainting every other day from hypoglycemia. Ms. K. had been diagnosed with diabetes over a year ago but had only started to have this problem recently. After learning more about her social history and background, I discovered that she was a practicing Muslim and was fasting because of the holy month of Ramadan. Source: How religious literacy can save lives | Religion News Service