Medical Issues: Can a Male Doctor Examine a Woman’s Body in Medical Situations?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: Can a Male Doctor Examine a Woman’s Body in Medical Situations?

English:

Question #1289:

Is it permissible for a male doctor to touch or look at the body of a woman during examination?

Answer #1289:

When treatment makes it necessary for the doctor to touch and look at her body, and it is not feasible for the patient to see a woman doctor, there is no objection to it.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues