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spelling iium-670952019-01-30T09:11:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/ Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline Saidun, Salilah Akhmetova, Elmira Abdul Rahman, Awang BJ1188 Religious ethics BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics BP173.77 Islam and work BP176 The five duties of a Moslem. Pillars of Islam HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health RA966 Medical Centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics The struggle of Muslim women to comply with Islamic teaching while working in the healthcare sector has been a long-standing issue. Following the case of a Muslim nurse who was allegedly fired for non-adherence to the short-sleeve uniform rule, the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association highlighted the need for a uniform guideline to prevent similar instances. Yet, no guideline has been issued to date. Materials and Methods: This conceptual study employed library research method to gather relevant materials. Library research was able to retrieve guidelines from seven Muslim-minority countries but none from Muslim-majority countries. Document analysis of the materials gathered was undertaken. The different guidelines were compared, with special reference to awrah-related issues. Results: Several major issues that healthcare personnel dress code considers are the safety, health, cleanliness, and comfort for both patients and healthcare personnel. Islamic dressing requirement is not only in line with clinical practice but Islam also highly promotes maintenance of safety, health, cleanliness, and comfort. The widely adopted ‘bare below the elbows (BBE) policy is the only practice that may contradict Islamic rules. However, some healthcare institutions in Muslim-minority countries allow modifications of uniform rules on religious grounds; some of the modifications are not observed in Muslim-majority countries. When providing direct patient care that requires BBE, the use of disposable over-sleeves is a good alternative to adhere to both clinical and Islamic standards. Conclusion: Healthcare personnel dress code policy that is concordant to both clinical and Islamic standards is possible although it may require greater resources. Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/1/67095_Muslim%20female%20healthcare%20personnel%20dress%20code.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/2/67095_Muslim%20female%20healthcare%20personnel%20dress%20code_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/13/67095_Muslim%20female%20healthcare%20personnel%20dress_WOS.pdf Saidun, Salilah and Akhmetova, Elmira and Abdul Rahman, Awang (2018) Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline. International Medical Journal Malaysia (IMJM), 17 (2). pp. 57-70. E-ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_17_no_2/original/Vol17No2-057-070.pdf
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topic BJ1188 Religious ethics
BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue
BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics
BP173.77 Islam and work
BP176 The five duties of a Moslem. Pillars of Islam
HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
RA966 Medical Centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics
spellingShingle BJ1188 Religious ethics
BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue
BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics
BP173.77 Islam and work
BP176 The five duties of a Moslem. Pillars of Islam
HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
RA966 Medical Centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics
Saidun, Salilah
Akhmetova, Elmira
Abdul Rahman, Awang
Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
description The struggle of Muslim women to comply with Islamic teaching while working in the healthcare sector has been a long-standing issue. Following the case of a Muslim nurse who was allegedly fired for non-adherence to the short-sleeve uniform rule, the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association highlighted the need for a uniform guideline to prevent similar instances. Yet, no guideline has been issued to date. Materials and Methods: This conceptual study employed library research method to gather relevant materials. Library research was able to retrieve guidelines from seven Muslim-minority countries but none from Muslim-majority countries. Document analysis of the materials gathered was undertaken. The different guidelines were compared, with special reference to awrah-related issues. Results: Several major issues that healthcare personnel dress code considers are the safety, health, cleanliness, and comfort for both patients and healthcare personnel. Islamic dressing requirement is not only in line with clinical practice but Islam also highly promotes maintenance of safety, health, cleanliness, and comfort. The widely adopted ‘bare below the elbows (BBE) policy is the only practice that may contradict Islamic rules. However, some healthcare institutions in Muslim-minority countries allow modifications of uniform rules on religious grounds; some of the modifications are not observed in Muslim-majority countries. When providing direct patient care that requires BBE, the use of disposable over-sleeves is a good alternative to adhere to both clinical and Islamic standards. Conclusion: Healthcare personnel dress code policy that is concordant to both clinical and Islamic standards is possible although it may require greater resources.
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author Saidun, Salilah
Akhmetova, Elmira
Abdul Rahman, Awang
author_facet Saidun, Salilah
Akhmetova, Elmira
Abdul Rahman, Awang
author_sort Saidun, Salilah
title Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
title_short Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
title_full Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
title_fullStr Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
title_full_unstemmed Muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
title_sort muslim female healthcare personnel dress code: a proposed guideline
publisher Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/1/67095_Muslim%20female%20healthcare%20personnel%20dress%20code.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/2/67095_Muslim%20female%20healthcare%20personnel%20dress%20code_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67095/13/67095_Muslim%20female%20healthcare%20personnel%20dress_WOS.pdf
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