MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cremation'. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:22:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757836&cid=t_174506_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fflush-down-your-dead-eco-friendly-or-awful%2F photo: Thinkstock Swirling down into the sewage system has traditionally been a burial ritual reserved for goldfish, but undertakers in Belgium think humans should go to the same place. They’ve developed a system of converting deceased bodies into a mineral ash and liquid, and then adding the remains to the sewage system to make their way towards the water processing plants to be recycled. The undertakers claim that the method is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than using polluting crematoria or using acres of land for cemeteries. Apparently the process is already approved for use in Maine, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, and Maryland. We find the idea incredibly disturbing, to say the least. Not to go against our greener sides or anything, but really? The sewer? We c... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757836 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:47:18 +0100 3757836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385674&cid=t_174506_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fdead-bodies-and-ash-cash.html Have you checked in recently at The Daily Rhino?If you haven’t, you should. It is written, well written, by a junior hospital doctor, and it is fun. He writes for the Medical Student Magazine, as did I. The Daily Rhino gives you some excellent insights into what it is like to be a young doctor. Beer, sex and hard work. Well, something like that.The Daily Rhino has been picked up today by the BBC. By the PM programme no less.Our main story this week came to us via listener Pauline Levey. She emailed to suggest we take a look at 'ash cash'. This is a fee that's required in order for doctors to release a body for cremation. It's currently set at a level of £71 each for two doctors, paid in cash on top of the doctors' NHS salaries. Pauline - whose mother was cremated a year ago - says the c... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385674 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:12:00 +0100 1385674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1310946&cid=t_174506_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F18%2Fpersonal-beliefs-and-medical-practice%2F from the GMC is guidance for medical staff that states  doctors must not allow their personal beliefs to compromise patient care. The guidance explores how doctors should deal with a range of dilemmas including abortion, the wearing of face-veils and male circumcision.  It also looks at patients’ own beliefs and how they can affect the doctor/patient relationship.  It aims to balance a doctors’ right to practise in accordance with their views and beliefs, and the patients’ right to receive timely and appropriate medical care. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1310946 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:18:34 +0100 1310946