To the point: gender differences in the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship.

As medical ethics indisputably needs to consider patients’ religious beliefs and spiritual ideas, one can suggest that hospitals are responsible for not only patients’ rights and dignity, but also for her/his religious concerns and expectations.

The current study is designed shed some light on the patients’ view of the implementation of religious law in Iranian hospitals, specifically, the right of patients to be visited and delivered health services by professionals from the same sex. This protocol is proposed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a response to the increasing demand for implementation of the religious law by Iranian patients.

This research is a cross-sectional study which was conducted at four teaching general hospitals in Tehran, Iran. The data was collected by the means of a questionnaire distributed to 120 women who were admitted to different wards of the hospitals. These women were asked to express their opinion of the implementation the Same Sex Health Care Delivery (SSHCD) system in Iranian hospitals. All analyses were performed with the use of SPSS software, version 16.0.

The results indicate that half of the hospitalized women believed that being visited by a physician from the same gender is necessary who advocated the implementation of SSHCD in a clinical setting; and most of their husbands preferred their wives to be visited exclusively by female physicians.

This study highlights the view of the Iranian patients towards the issue and urges the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran to accelerate the implementation of this law.

SSHCD is what the majority of Iranian patients prefer, and, considering patients’ rights and the medical ethics, it should be implemented by Iranian policy makers.

http://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/download/64/49

The Implementation of the Sharia Law in Medical Practice: A Balance between Medical Ethics and Patients Rights.

ayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, like most schools sponsoring multiple programs, creates an annual dashboard of metrics to provide a high-level overview of the residencies and fellowships it sponsors. Resident gender diversity is an important element of each program’s dashboard and an ongoing area of focus. The Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education program goals are to enroll women residents and fellows at rates equal to or greater than national specialty averages. We have struggled with how to score the gender metric for residencies and fellowships with a preponderance of women.

Gender and Graduate Medical Education: Is Obstetrics and Gynecology a Justifiable Outlier?

Ethical Considerations in Trauma-Informed Care.

The objective of the study was to assess the perception of women patients toward attitude of health professionals who have undergone physical examination.A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,257 women. A self-administered structured questionnaire comprising of 16 questions was designed to assess perception of patients toward attitude of health professionals.Mean perception scores of the study population were 19.79 ± 1.78. Women in the age group of 29-38 years had a greater perception (20.34 ± 1.54) that they had been a subject or could be a subject to sexual exploitation by a doctor. Graduate and above group participants had a greater perception (19.54 ± 1.86) when compared to primary and secondary education level (19.52 ± 1.85, 18.35 ± 1.5). Data were analyzed using ANOVA.Women had mixed perception of sexual gratification toward male doctors. It is necessary to educate the doctors regarding the respect, dignity, and values for female patients, which could reduce occupational defamation.

Perception of sexual ramification among women toward male doctors in today's Indian society.

Strategies for responding to patients and their family members who request a physician on the basis of sex. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.

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Aaron J. Miller

Papers

Patient requests for a male or female physician.

CLINICAL CASE Patient Requests for a Male or Female Physician