Final rights
Subtitle: reclaiming the American way of death
By: Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson
Contributors: Carlson, Lisa, 1938-
Publisher: Upper Access
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hinesburg, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780942679342
Subjects: Burial laws; Consumer protection; Undertakers and undertaking; Law and legislation; Popular works; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Circling the hearses; title: Tricks of the funeral trade; title: Caskets, other boxes, memorials, and markers; title: Embalming : a beautiful memory picture?; title: Cemeteries : for-profit and non-profit; title: Preneed sales : it's not "all taken care of"; title: Body parts : big business, little regulation; title: Federal Trade Commission : a fickle consumer ally; title: Filing an effective complaint : and what not to do; title: Mortuary education : a dead end; title: Home funerals : a returning tradition; title: Green burial : what they used to just call "burial"; title: Necessary information for family involvement.