Medical Ethics

Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research. Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. These values include the respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice.

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Woman . Medical Ethics . Mahram

Is it permissible for a female medical student to examine a male patient?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 2 months ago

Female doctor or medical student is not allowed to touch a male patient unless in emergency.

Wassalam.

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Woman . Health . Medical Ethics

If I'm an OB/GYN, what are some important things I must not do? What boundaries/limits should I not cross? What does Islam say about the role of a woman taking on an OB/GYN job? Is it permissible to treat a transgender person?

The Islamic rules applies on every medical field. Female doctor is not allowed to touch nor look at the private parts of both male or female except when it is urgent for life saving.

Muslim doctors should treat every human being who needs treatment. Muslims should not take part in changing gender because Allah Created human beings either in male or female (O, mankind, We Created you from male and female) Sura Al-Hujuraat, verse 13.

You should not help killing embryos in Abortion except to save the life of the mother.

You should not help in any medical procedure which helps sinners or encourages sinning.

Wassalam.

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Medical Ethics

Can life support be removed if a person is in a persistent vegetative state and in the opinion of the attending physicians has no known hope of regaining awareness and higher mental functions no matter what is done?

We must do everything possible to keep the patient alive. We should not remove life support under any circumstance as it can cause an earlier death.

'Wassalam.

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If a patient can recover from a critical condition through a medical perspective but still has advance directives of DNR (do not resuscitate) or DNI (do not intubate), what role should the healthcare provider play from a Fiqh point of view?

Muslim healthcare provider must save the life of the patient in every possible way even if the patient does not want that help by directing DNR or DNI. Saving the life of the patient does not depend on his will but it is absolutely obligatory in Islam.

Wassalam.