So you could see their face and hands? In message <[log in to unmask]>, Joan Cameron <[log in to unmask]> writes >Sorry - I've just realised how confusing my response was. They were >dressed in their best clothes and were on display fully clothed. > >Joan > > > > >************************************************************ >Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? > >>>> Stephen White <[log in to unmask]> 03/08/2011 11:55 >>> > >Joan, > >Do you mean the whole naked body? > >Stephen > >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. >> >>Joan Cameron >> >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >>************************************************************ >>Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? >> >>>>> Stephen White <[log in to unmask]> 03/08/2011 07:54 >>> >> >>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? >> >>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? >> >>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? >> >>4. Have any surveys been done of display of bodies at funerals in the >>UK? > -- Stephen White ([log in to unmask]) 69 Murhill Visiting Lecturer Limpley Stoke Cardiff Law School Wiltshire University of Wales BA2 7FQ. Museum Avenue Cardiff CF10 3XJ 01225 722429 Wales, U.K.