Gender, Alchohol, and Medicine

Submitted by Mark D (United States), Mar 18, 2014 at 17:47

The UK National Health Service should provide Muslims with faith-based services: So argues Aziz Sheikh, professor of primary care research and development at the University of Edinburgh (and an activist in the Muslim Council of Britain), calling for doctors of the same gender as their patients and helping patients "avoid porcine and alcohol derived drugs." (January 13, 2007)

Never a dull moment this article of yours. Thanks for your level of effort on this. As usual, outrageousness and Islam is a natural pair. Did the hospital refuse?

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