Common Challenges Facing Muslim Patients

• Modesty:
• Modesty for both men and women.
• Gender issues: The O.B. On call at many hospitals in Muslim countries is called the L.M.O. (Lady medical officer).
• Dietary Restrictions:
• Forbidden non-zabiha meat, alcohol and pork as well as medicines made of these forbidden substances e.g., cough medicine because of alcohol, pork insulin, gelatin capsules.
• Exceptions -
    Critical for patient survival.   No alternative medicine.
• Language:
• Confusion with names and dates.
• Two people divided by the same language.