Bibliograph

Final rights, reclaiming the American way of death, Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson

Type

Label

Final rights, reclaiming the American way of death, Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Final rights

Oclc number

696943297

Responsibility statement

Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson

Sub title

reclaiming the American way of death

Table Of Contents

Part I: Bodies, business, and traditions for saying goodbye. Circling the hearses -- Tricks of the funeral trade -- Caskets, other boxes, memorials, and markers -- Embalming : a beautiful memory picture? -- Cemeteries : for-profit and non-profit -- Preneed sales : it's not "all taken care of" -- Body parts : big business, little regulation -- Federal Trade Commission : a fickle consumer ally -- Filing an effective complaint : and what not to do -- Mortuary education : a dead end -- Home funerals : a returning tradition -- Green burial : what they used to just call "burial" -- Part II: Necessary information for consumers [by state]

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