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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Slocum, Joshua.     Subjects     Burial laws -- United States -- Popular works.     Undertakers and undertaking -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works.     Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Economic aspects -- United States.     Consumer protection -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Slocum, Joshua.       by title:      Final rights : recla...         MARC Display

Final rights : reclaiming the American way of death / Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson. by Slocum, Joshua. Hinesburg, Vt. : Upper Access, c2011. Subjects Burial laws -- United States -- Popular works.   Undertakers and undertaking -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works.   Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Economic aspects -- United States.   Consumer protection -- United States. ISBN:  9780942679342 (pbk.) : 0942679342 (pbk.) Description:  511 p. ; 23 cm. Contents:  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" -- Funeral law and related information for consumers : necessary information for family involvement -- Appendix. A, Ethical standards & unprofessional conduct ; B, Information needed for the death certificate. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 344.045 Sl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 344.045 Sl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 344.045 Sl Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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