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Now available in paperback! In this first reference book devoted entirely to mortuary science, Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects, including even the most specialized area in the field. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints.
Areas covered include autopsy, cremation, burial rites and ceremonies, caskets and vaults, cemeteries, embalming, epitaphs, ethnic customs, funeral dress and apparel, funeral music, funeral reform, grave markers, laws and regulations, liturgies and sermons, memorial societies, organ and body donation, premature burial, pre-need service, restorative art, and several others.
The text is organized by subject, with author and title indexes. Five appendixes feature addresses for associations and organizations, information on schools of mortuary science, accreditation procedures and standards of the American Board of Funeral Service Education, periodicals in the field, and a list of state funeral service examining boards.
Will be useful to students, librarians, and researchers as well as funeral service personnel.
Areas covered include autopsy, cremation, burial rites and ceremonies, caskets and vaults, cemeteries, embalming, epitaphs, ethnic customs, funeral dress and apparel, funeral music, funeral reform, grave markers, laws and regulations, liturgies and sermons, memorial societies, organ and body donation, premature burial, pre-need service, restorative art, and several others.
The text is organized by subject, with author and title indexes. Five appendixes feature addresses for associations and organizations, information on schools of mortuary science, accreditation procedures and standards of the American Board of Funeral Service Education, periodicals in the field, and a list of state funeral service examining boards.
Will be useful to students, librarians, and researchers as well as funeral service personnel.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword
- Autopsy
- Bibliographies
- Burial Rites and Ceremonies
- Burial Vaults and Caskets
- Cemeteries
- Clergy and the Church
- Consumer Information
- Cremation
- Death Education
- Disaster Planning
- Embalming
- Epitaphs
- Ethnic Funeral Customs
- Exhumation
- Floral Decoration
- Funeral Costs
- Funeral Directing
- Funeral Dress and Apparel
- Funeral Industry Regulation
- Funeral Laws and Regulations
- Funeral Meditations
- Funeral Music
- Funeral Reform
- Funeral Service Management
- Funeral Services
- Funeral Transportation
- Gravemarkers
- History of Mortuary Science
- Liturgies and Sermons
- Memorial Societies
- Mortuary Science Education
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Organ and Body Donation
- Premature Burial (Vivisepulture)
- Pre-need Service
- Professional Associations
- Psychology of the Funeral
- Restorative Art
- Thanatology
- Appendix 1: Associations and Organizations
- Appendix 2: College and University Programs in Funeral Service Education and/or Mortuary Science
- Appendix 3: Funeral Service State Examining Boards
- Appendix 4: Accreditation Standards of the American Board of Funeral Service Education
- Appendix 5: Mortuary Science Periodicals
- Title Index
- About the Author