Yes - their faces and hands were visible.

Joan




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>>> Stephen White <[log in to unmask]> 03/08/2011 15:24 >>>

So you could see their face and hands?

In message <[log in to unmask]>, Joan Cameron
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>Sorry - I've just realised how confusing my response was. They were
>dressed in their best clothes and were on display fully clothed.
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>Joan
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>>>> Stephen White <[log in to unmask]> 03/08/2011 11:55 >>>
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>Joan,
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>Do you mean the whole naked body?
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>Stephen
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>In message <[log in to unmask]>, Joan Cameron
><[log in to unmask]> writes
>>Dear Stephen
>>
>>I went to a several funerals in London of African colleagues. They were all
>>open coffin funerals and the whole body was visible.
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>>Joan Cameron
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>>Dr Joan Cameron
>>Senior Lecturer & Lead Midwife for Education
>>University of Dundee
>>School of Nursing and Midwifery
>>11 Airlie Place
>>Dundee DD1 4HJ
>>Tel: +44 (0)1382 388531
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>>>>> Stephen White <[log in to unmask]> 03/08/2011 07:54 >>>
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>>1. Has anyone been to a person's funeral where their dead body was open
>>to view?  If so what part of the body could be seen?
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>>2. What cultural or religious groups in the UK do (or would if they
>>could) display dead bodies at funerals and which parts of the body do
>>(would) they show?
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>>3. When was the last time (if ever) when part of the body of a royal
>>personage was displayed during a lying in state in the UK?
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>>4. Have any surveys been done of display of bodies at funerals in the
>>UK?
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