Source: The Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1116/breaking70.htm
A new guidebook published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) will offer practical advice for healthcare workers dealing with people from diverse religions and cultures.
The HSE today published the Health Services Intercultural Guide , which was developed under its National Intercultural Health Strategy 2007-2012 in response to the needs of diverse religious communities and cultures in healthcare settings.
It explains best practice in caring for individuals in an intercultural environment, and offers guidance to health service providers on working with people from diverse religions and cultures, including Baptists, Christians, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, the Roma community and Irish Traveller communities, amongst others.