03595nam 2200589 450 991078550000332120230725025435.01-282-87398-997866128739801-4411-3322-4(CKB)2670000000055582(EBL)601700(OCoLC)676697032(SSID)ssj0000418843(PQKBManifestationID)12130959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418843(PQKBWorkID)10383112(PQKB)11058079(MiAaPQ)EBC601700(MiAaPQ)EBC5309431(MiAaPQ)EBC3003022(Au-PeEL)EBL3003022(OCoLC)928191631(EXLCZ)99267000000005558220180808d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe good funeral guide /Charles CowlingLondon ;New York :Continuum,[2010]©20101 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4729-7594-4 1-4411-5731-X Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 What's in this guide?; 2 Take your time; 3 Take charge; 4 Take stock; 5 Why do we have funerals?; 6 What is a green funeral?; 7 Burial or cremation?; 8 Cremation; 9 Burial; 10 Decision time - burial or cremation?; 11 What happens when we die?; 12 Caring for the body - why would you want to?; 13 Caring for the body - what needs to be done?; 14 Caring for the body - doing it all yourself; 15 Embalming; 16 Going to see someone who has died; 17 Decision time - caring for the body; 18 Style your funeral; 19 The crematorium and other funeral venues20 Who will lead the funeral ceremony?21 A life-centred funeral; 22 Do it your way; 23 Can a funeral be fun?; 24 Set your goals; 25 Choose your ingredients; 26 Create a sense of occasion; 27 Who will be the host?; 28 Decision time - celebrant and ceremony; 29 Construct the ceremony; 30 Tribute-writing tips; 31 Funeral food; 32 Funeral directors - what are they like and what do they know?; 33 Should funeral directors be regulated?; 34 Funeral directors - what do they do?; 35 Funeral directors - what do they cost?; 36 Funeral directors - telling them apart37 Funeral directors - find out who's out there38 Decision time - buy only what you want; 39 101 coffins and a shroud; 40 Final rides - hearses; 41 Marking the spot - memorials; 42 What to do with the ashes?; 43 What does dying feel like?; 44 Planning your own death and funeralThe Good Funeral Guide is the first ever independent consumer guide to the funeral industry. It is for anyone who: - needs to arrange a funeral for someone now - has sick or elderly relatives or friends and knows that a funeral is imminent - wants to find a good funeral director and have some say in the funeral itself - wants to make future arrangements for their own funeral - would like to learn about deaths and funerals Authoritative, impartial and empowering, it is indispensable for those who don't want a conventional religious ceremony and invaluable for those who do. This is aFuneral rites and ceremoniesGreat BritainFuneral rites and ceremonies393.9Cowling Charles1554825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785500003321The good funeral guide3816365UNINA