Scoping Review of Research on Islamophobia in Healthcare Settings

Abstract

The Canadian healthcare system is responsible for ensuring appropriate and effective care for all its citizens, yet evidence suggests not everyone is treated equally. In the Fall of 2022, the McMaster Research Shop partnered with the Muslim Advisory Council of Canada to investigate experiences of Islamophobia towards Muslim women and children in the healthcare system. To do this, we conducted a scoping review of published academic literature assessing the extent and impact of discrimination towards the target population in Canadian, U.S., and U.K. healthcare settings. We searched for published studies in 5 academic databases and found 14 articles to include in our review.