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Is it permissible for a female doctor specializing in internal medicine to treat men, knowing that her work circumstances require her to be present as the responsible physician at the hospital during the night?

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There is no objection to a woman working as a specialist internal medicine physician if she adheres to the Islamic legal guidelines. However, her treatment of men is not permissible except out of a legal necessity, such as the absence of a male physician for a life-threatening or severely painful medical condition, and when treatment cannot be delayed. Similarly, it is permissible for a woman to stay overnight at the hospital for her shift if necessity calls for it, especially for treating women.

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