01905cam a2200301 4500 133578146 TxAuBib 20120125120000.0 110112s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011000565 9780942679342 pbk. $19.95 0942679342 pbk. $19.95 DLC DLC IG# YDXCP ORX IAD ABG ZAG QBX DLC TxAuBib Slocum, Joshua. Final rights : reclaiming the American way of death / Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson. Hinesburg, Vt. : Upper Access, 2011. xiii, [1] l., 511 p. : ill ; 23 cm. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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". - 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. 20120327. 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. Carlson, Lisa, 1938-