The Good Funeral Guide Everything you need to know -- Everything you need to do

, by Cowling, Charles

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ISBN: 9781441157317 | 144115731X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/22/2010

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
What's in this guide?	p. 1
Take your time	p. 4
Take charge	p. 6
Take stock	p. 12
Why do we have funerals?	p. 19
What is a green funeral?	p. 24
Burial or cremation?	p. 31
Cremation	p. 33
Burial	p. 39
Decision time - burial or cremation?	p. 42
What happens when we die?	p. 43
Caring for the body - why would you want to?	p. 45
Caring for the body - what needs to be done?	p. 48
Caring for the body - doing it all yourself	p. 52
Embalming	p. 57
Going to see someone who has died	p. 65
Decision time - caring for the body	p. 67
Style your funeral	p. 68
The crematorium and other funeral venues	p. 77
Who will lead the funeral ceremony?	p. 81
A life-centred funeral	p. 92
Do it your way	p. 94
Can a funeral be fun?	p. 96
Set your goals	p. 98
Choose your ingredients	p. 100
Create a sense of occasion	p. 109
Who will be the host?	p. 112
Decision time - celebrant and ceremony	p. 115
Construct the ceremony	p. 117
Tribute-writing tips	p. 121
Funeral food	p. 123
Funeral directors - what are they like and what do they know?	p. 124
Should funeral directors be regulated?	p. 134
Funeral directors - what do they do?	p. 136
Funeral directors - what do they cost?	p. 139
Funeral directors - telling them apart	p. 150
Funeral directors - find out who's out there	p. 155
Decision time - buy only what you want	p. 158
101 coffins and a shroud	p. 164
Final rides - hearses	p. 170
Marking the spot - memorials	p. 173
What to do with the ashes?	p. 179
What does dying feel like?	p. 181
Planning your own death and funeral	p. 183
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The Good Funeral Guide Everything you need to know -- Everything you need to do

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Author Biography

Table of Contents

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