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Author Carlson, Lisa, 1938-

Title Caring for the dead : your final act of love / Lisa Carlson.

Publication Info. Hinesburg, VT : Upper Access, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Eucalyptus  393 C197c 1998    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 640 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary A complete guide for those making funeral arrangements with or without a funeral director. Funeral law for the consumer.
Contents Personal stories -- What is a "traditional" American funeral? -- Managing death: necessary information -- A free funeral: starting a funeral committee in your congregation -- Cremation with dignity / by Patsy Santoro -- Body and organ donation: let the dead teach the living -- Tales from a country coroner / by Susan McIver -- Burial: public, religious, and family cemeteries -- For-profit cemeteries: no rest for the unwary -- Understanding the tricks of the funeral trade: a changing deathcare industry -- Embalming: "a beautiful memory picture"? -- Caskets & other boxes, markers & memorials -- The body snatchers: preneed greed -- Federal Trade Commission: boon and boondoggle -- Funeral planning societies: a consumer's right to choose -- Caring for the dead in: [states] -- Ethical standards, unprofessional conduct, & filing a complaint -- Consumer's guide to the FTC funeral rule -- Death certificate details -- A good neighbor's list for a time of death.
Subject Death -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States.
Burial laws -- United States -- States.
Funeral Rites. (DNLM)D005655
Death. (DNLM)D003643
Mortuary Practice -- legislation & jurisprudence. (DNLM)D009027Q000331
Burial. (DNLM)D002048
United States. (DNLM)D014481
Burial laws -- U.S. states. (OCoLC)fst00841762
Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
Funeral rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst00936223
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Handbook. (DNLM)D020479
Popular Work. (DNLM)D020496
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
Handbooks and manuals.
ISBN 0942679210 (paperback)
9780942679212 (paperback)

 
    
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