Indonesian Student Association in Thailand (PERMITHA)
Abstract
This article explores Islamic based caring and the role of Islamic theory in nursing practice. The article also reviews the concept of caring in Islamic perspective in the nursing science.A literature review was conducted by analyzing 20 scholar papers including research articles, theses/dissertations, and books which met the inclusion criterias. Data were searched through CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, Springer-link, Science Direct, and Wiley & Wilkins. The keywords used were ‘care’, ‘caring’, ‘caring behavior’, ‘caring practice’, combined with, ‘nursing’ and ‘Islam’. The result of analysis presents five themes related to Islamic-based caring: caring in Islamic perspective, nursing Metaparadigm in Islam, the conceptual meaning of caring in Islamic perspective, the philosophical meaning of Islam in nursing science, and the pattern of knowledge in Islamic based caring. The nursing scholars noted that the Islamic culture bringsabreakthrough of research in nursing science. Islam can be used as a framework of nursing to develop a new nursing model to improve quality care for patients, families, even among nursing colleagues.
