Final rights Reclaiming the American way of death

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Subjects: Burial laws.

Undertakers and undertaking > Law and legislation.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Consumer protection.
Published: Hinesburg, Vt. : Upper Access c2011.
Language: English
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xiii, 511 p. ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9780942679342
Main Author: Joshua Slocum (-)
Other Authors: Lisa Carlson, 1938- (-)

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].