Female patients have a right to refuse a male doctor, according to new guidelines by KNMG, the Dutch physicians organization, put out after an incident in a hospital in Amersfoort.
A pregnant Muslim woman did not want to be treated by a male gynecologist and was brought to another doctor.
The KNMG thinks that hospitals, except for acute emergency cases, should do their best to meet the woman's wishes.
Some doctors think their trade organization caters too mush to Muslim's wishes, reports the NOS.
Source: Telegraaf (Dutch)
See also: Flanders: Refusing male gynecologists, Netherlands: Muslim women and health care , Netherlands: Health care not a problem with Muslim women
