There's nothing quite like having a telephone call wherein the person on the other end, filling out a form, asks not only for an emergency contact but "is there any religion you would like to list".
Actually, I think it has more to do with last rites being a sacrament in the Catholic church--most surgeons would know to call a priest if a Catholic patient was dying.
no subject
no subject
(I typed "last rites" several times and deleted it, not sure whether CJ would get squicky over thinking about the "what if" situations.)