Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death - Couverture souple

Slocum, Joshua; Carlson, Lisa

 
9780942679342: Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death

Synopsis

Josh Slocum and Lisa Carlson are the two most prominent advocates of consumer rights in dealing with the death industry. Here they combine efforts to inform consumers of their rights and propose long-needed reforms. Slocum is executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national nonprofit with over 90 local affiliates nationwide. Carlson is executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization, which works with the industry to try to improve ethical standards. In addition to nationwide issues, the book covers state-by-state information needed by anybody who wishes to take charge of funeral arrangements for a loved one, with or without the help of a funeral director. More information about the book and related issues can be found at www.finalrights.org .

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À propos des auteurs

Lisa Carlson is a full-time consumer activist and some-time hell raiser, working on behalf of Americans to protect their rights in dealing with the funeral industry. For many years, she served as executive director of the non-profit Funeral Consumers Alliance, the national consumer organisation with approximately 120 state and local affiliates. She is now executive director of Funeral Ethics Organisation.

Joshua Slocum is executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national consumer advocacy group with over 90 chapters nationwide. FCA is the primary watchdog over consumer abuses by the funeral industry.Lisa Carlson, a former executive director of FCA, is now executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization, a nonprofit working with the funeral industry to improve ethical standards and consumer protections.

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