Death Be Not Expensive. Robert Bryce.
by Bryce, Robert; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 65Family. Publisher: American Legion Magazine, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Artificial reefs | Burial | Coffins | Conglomerate corporations | Cremation | Cryonics | Delegated legislation | Diamonds -- Artificial | Funeral homes | Undertakers and undertaking -- Corrupt practices | Undertakers and undertaking -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It's getting so that it's not even safe to die anymore. Over the past few years, the funeral industry has been rocked by a series of grotesque scandals involving everything from mishandled burials to the selling of cadaver parts....These episodes are symptomatic of sweeping changes happening in the modern death-care industry. And those changes have meant that more Americans...are being victimized by those who appear more interested in making big profits than in comforting the bereaved and caring for the dead....While family-owned funeral homes still handle the majority of the 2.4 million deaths that occur each year in the United States, the industry is being invaded by large publicly traded companies with more resources and bigger advertising budgets than independent family-owned firms." (AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE) This article discusses recent changes in the funeral industry, suggests ideas for planning a low-cost funeral, and considers some creative alternatives to the traditional burial.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
Originally Published: Death Be Not Expensive, Feb. 2005; pp. 30-34.
"It's getting so that it's not even safe to die anymore. Over the past few years, the funeral industry has been rocked by a series of grotesque scandals involving everything from mishandled burials to the selling of cadaver parts....These episodes are symptomatic of sweeping changes happening in the modern death-care industry. And those changes have meant that more Americans...are being victimized by those who appear more interested in making big profits than in comforting the bereaved and caring for the dead....While family-owned funeral homes still handle the majority of the 2.4 million deaths that occur each year in the United States, the industry is being invaded by large publicly traded companies with more resources and bigger advertising budgets than independent family-owned firms." (AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE) This article discusses recent changes in the funeral industry, suggests ideas for planning a low-cost funeral, and considers some creative alternatives to the traditional burial.
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