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[quote]I have about 18 months of PQE (post qualification experience) I cannot start my own practice until I have acquired 3 years of PQE. Insha'allah I will then start my own practice with a "Halal Checklist".

I have recently been considering leaving the profession for the above reasons but on thinking about it I feel that I can use my profession for the good of Islam rather than abandon it. Sadly I have to wait for another 18 months or so (and some capital) to be able to do this.

I hope that one day I would be in a position to represent only the muslims in Britain in pursuit of causes which are allowed/recommended in Islam.

Allah knows my motives.

I suspect that as a doctor you may need to be alone in a room with male clients. How do you deal with this?

Regards
Saif

I understand the problem you have mentioned to some extent as per the commonality we face e.g. gender interaction.
I feel that the  laws gioven by  Qura'n n sunnah/Prophet sws  are most simple and modest in this regard but there is no doubt it is difficult to stick to them always. 
Regarding shake hand I tend to simply convey the fact that this practice does not fit into the common laws of modesty re: gender interaction regardless of  religions and cultures, not only Islam.

At the same time I humbly request   them that this does not at all give us a reason to be rude to eachother; infact we can talk to eachother normally and kindly and  help eachother in relevent matters  keeping the limits of modesty.

alhamdulillah so far I have never come across any nonmuslim including british/american  male who disliked this info. or got annoyed. Rather many express thnx and say that surprisingly they were never told about this by their muslim friends and known ones, including females; and that they would definitely mention this to them.

It was a great trial for me when I had to receive my postgraduation degree from the Royal college but I prayed to Allah and mentioned my concern to the administration before the ceremony and the problem was easily solved when the concerned person just left a sticky note on my degree that"this dr. does not wish to shake hand" and the college President happily presented the degree to me with a big smile.

Yes I did have to give up my favourite speciality of general surgery in order to have least interaction with male patients and I decided this in the final year of medical school when I got  male inguinal hernia to deal with as the exam case and it really looked and felt funny and illogical to examine a male's body while covered oneself in hijab;

The thought behind this decision was that male drs were available to deal with this and patients would therefore not suffer; it was the matter of sacrificing my interest only, and one may have to sacrifice certain interests in favour of bigger interests; jannah for a believer .

However God was very kind to me as then 
I got enough opportunity to perform obstetric and gynaecological surgery atleast; and I feel this speciality is more suitable for me as per gender interaction.

In UK we do attend patients mostly with their husbands/partners but that is limited to gentle explanation of the disease and treatment in a friendly but limited ways n attitude.
There have been occasions when I have to talk to the male attendent in isolation in order to give info about their female patient but as you mentioned, intention and duty always leads these situations and our beautiful deen has given us beautiful manners to deal with such situations.

May Lord be with our efforts to gain the Purification  of body and soul while living in every situation, the key to Paradise. amen.But we ask Him to keep  things easy for us.[/quote]

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