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Hi,
I wonder if any other atheists have had the following experiance, or
if any NHS staff would like to comment on it? A couple of years ago
I had to spend a few weeks in an NHS hospital. When I was admitted
they asked my religion, I replied I was an atheist, the nurse flatly
refused to write the word, instead she put 'none'. This of course is
not quite the same thing, an atheist does not accept the existance
of god (no capital on purpose), whereas to claim no religion sounds
as if you just have n't thought about the issue.
Please give me your thoughts, was this a one off?
Anneliese.




Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:03 pm

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Hi, I wonder if any other atheists have had the following experiance, or if any NHS staff would like to comment on it? A couple of years ago I had to spend a...
annelieseglitz
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Jul 11, 2004
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... or ... ago ... flatly ... is ... Nope, never happened to me. I suspect that the nurse was of a religious nature, and more than likely didn't know what the ...
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Jul 11, 2004
6:24 pm

Hi, I've never experienced that in a hospital, but I think it's worth mentioning how frustrated and annoyed I get when I come across "religion" on job, student...
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Jul 13, 2004
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Hi Matt I very much like the idea of the "conscientious disbeliever" - very good, it made me chuckle on a dull, rainy Wednesday afternoon! Shell ... then ... ...
elizabeth_dehner
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Jul 14, 2004
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Hi I've worked in Medical records for 7 years and cant ever recall seeing atheist in the religion box in notes. Personally when making up a new set or...
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Sep 4, 2004
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If forced to fill out such a form I'd probably put down Repressedbyterian, but I guess that's not a common reply either. By the way, my family are all of a...
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Sep 7, 2004
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I have told my family that I do not wish them to have any religious ceremony on my death (however, I take the point that I won't know anyway!!) and my...
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