Final rights, reclaiming the American way of death, Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson
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Final rights, reclaiming the American way of death, Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Final rights
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
696943297
Responsibility statement
Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson
Sub title
reclaiming the American way of death
Summary
Discusses the flaws and corruption in the funeral and burial industry in the United States, from exorbitant funeral costs to black market sales of body parts, and provides legal guidelines to burial rights and trends in legal reform
Table Of Contents
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."
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- Undertakers and undertaking + Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works
- Popular Work
- Consommateurs + Protection -- États-Unis
- Funérailles + Rites et cérémonies + Aspect économique -- États-Unis
- Consumer protection -- United States
- Funeral rites and ceremonies + Economic aspects -- United States
- United States
- Burial laws -- United States -- Popular works
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- Undertakers and undertaking + Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works
- Popular Work
- Consommateurs + Protection -- États-Unis
- Funérailles + Rites et cérémonies + Aspect économique -- États-Unis
- Consumer protection -- United States
- Funeral rites and ceremonies + Economic aspects -- United States
- United States
- Burial laws -- United States -- Popular works
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