Last November I posted an article entitled “University of Michigan Health System/ Journal of Med Ethics put out Call for Physicians to Accommodate Islamic Law”. It was written Aasim Padela, M.D., M.Sc., University of Michigan.
One of his requirements to appease Islam was the following:
Gender Relations: For patients who follow Islamic ethics concerning cross-gender interaction—when all else is equal—physicians of the same religion and gender are preferred, followed by a non-Muslim of the same gender whenever possible.
