One local doctor I know used to sign YES to that bit of the form regularly until
he discovered what that question really meant. However, none of his forms were
ever queried!
Laurie Miles
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Caldwell
> Sent: 21 August 2007 12:10 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [GP-UK] Does any religion object to signing cremation
> certificates? (GMC consultation)
>
> well thats buggered the crem fee income then! I always like the bit on the
> form which says have i any pecuniary advantage-of course i have, i get a fee
> for signing it!
>
>
> >From: Declan Fox <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Does any religion object to signing cremation certificates?
> >(GMC consultation)
> >Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:40:44 +0100
> >
> >Couldn't say. As I said, I am no expert on this but I have never heard of a
> >Catholic over here being cremated! So must be some substance to the belief,
> >if not the rationale for the belief.
> >
> >Declan
> >
> ><<ut surely if you were a candidate for sanctification then the flames
> >wouldn't be able to touch you anyway - thereby considerably shortening the
> >canonisation process.
> >
> >On 19/08/07, Declan Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > I have no idea what el Papa and the Vatican say these days but I can
> > tell you for sure that lots of traditional Catholics in Ireland object
> > to cremation on religious grounds. That's regular folks, not doctors.
> > Rationale goes back to the days of fond belief in saints and in good
> > ordinary folks sometimes being canonised. I always heard that one of
> >the
> > criteria for sainthood was that the body had to be exhumed and show no
> > signs of decay. Not sure how formalin comes into the equation, I'm no
> > expert on this. But anyway, if a body got cremated, that buggered up
> > that person's chance of ever being canonised.
> > So I was taught and so I heard, when I was younger and to this day,
> > plenty of devout Catholics would not consider cremation for themselves
> > or anyone belonging to them. All my Catholic friends and neighbours
> > around here get buried in wooden coffins, have not heard of anyone
> >ever
> > opting for cremation.
> >
> > So that would be two fingers +/- a legal challenge to the GMC. Have
> >to
> > set old ratface onto Graham Catto!
> >
> > Declan
> > >
>
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