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Title Disposal of the dead [electronic resource] / Diane Andrews Henningfield, editor.

Imprint Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.

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Series At issue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-113) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Disposal of the dead across cultures / Ealing School Service -- The dead should be buried / Michael Cahill -- Burying the dead pollutes groundwater / Richard D. L. Fulton -- Burials can be environmentally friendly / Kirsten Scharnberg -- Cremation is a better option for the disposal of the dead / Stephen Szucs -- Cremation harms the environment / DeeDee Correll -- Modern crematories are environmentally friendly / Paul F. Rahill -- Contemporary funerals honor the dead / Robert Kastenbaum -- Contemporary funerals do not adequately honor the dead / John Fraser -- Contemporary funerals should include the body / Thomas Lynch -- Aerial ash scattering can be a dignified method of disposition / Tom Benenson -- Burial at sea is a respectful method of disposition / Meredith Fitzpatrick -- Excarnation is an important religious tradition / Rachel Laribee -- Excarnation is no longer a viable way to dispose of the dead / Braden Reddall -- Plastination is an appropriate way to dispose of the dead / Tony Walter -- Plastination is not respectful of the dead / Thomas Hibbs.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile literature.
Burial -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Henningfield, Diane Andrews.
ISBN 9780737740929 (hardcover)
9780737740936 (pbk.)

 
    
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