Funerals: Consumers' Last Rights : the Consumers Union Report on Conventional Funerals and Burial ... and Some Alternatives, Including Cremation, Direct Cremation, Direct Burial, and Body Donation |
Contents
A First Word | 9 |
AN OVERVIEW | 13 |
The High Cost of Funerals and Burial | 15 |
Copyright | |
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Funerals, Consumers' Last Rights: The Consumers Union Report on Conventional ... No preview available - 1977 |
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