Working with Religious Diversity

Online Resource

Prerequisites

You must complete the following courses before accessing this resource:

• Module 1 - Culture & Cultural Competency
• Module 7 - Working with Religious Diversity

To access the above courses, you need to check your eligibility and how to register/enrol.

About this resource

This resource provides additional religio-cultural information not covered in our courses, it contains tips and guidelines, and approaches based on cultural consideration.

It includes case studies using multi-media to enhance the learning process.

• Section I provides an overview of the systems of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Chinese Folk Religion.
• Section II presents information on how the principles from these philosophical systems and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) interact in the New Zealand healthcare system.
• Section III provides links to a Table on Interactions of some Western Drugs with Chinese Herbs, a comparative and summary table of East Asian Doctrines, a Bibliography and list of References for this resource, and an interactive Quiz.

Author/owner

eCALD Services, Waitemata DIstrict Health Board