Mortuary Science

John F. Szabo

doi:10.5771/9780810881402

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1993
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-4587-9
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8140-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 197
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Foreword No access
1. Autopsy No access
2. Bibliographies No access
3. Burial Rites and Ceremonies No access
4. Burial Vaults and Caskets No access
5. Cemeteries No access
6. Clergy and the Church No access
7. Consumer Information No access
8. Cremation No access
9. Death Education No access
10. Disaster Planning No access
11. Embalming No access
12. Epitaphs No access
13. Ethnic Funeral Customs No access
14. Exhumation No access
15. Floral Decoration No access
16. Funeral Costs No access
17. Funeral Directing No access
18. Funeral Dress and Apparel No access
19. Funeral Industry Regulation No access
20. Funeral Laws and Regulations No access
21. Funeral Meditations No access
22. Funeral Music No access
23. Funeral Reform No access
24. Funeral Service Management No access
25. Funeral Services No access
26. Funeral Transportation No access
27. Gravemarkers No access
28. History of Mortuary Science No access
29. Liturgies and Sermons No access
30. Memorial Societies No access
31. Mortuary Science Education No access
32. Occupational Health and Safety No access
33. Organ and Body Donation No access
34. Premature Burial (Vivisepulture) No access
35. Pre-need Service No access
36. Professional Associations No access
37. Psychology of the Funeral No access
38. Restorative Art No access
39. Thanatology No access
Appendix 1: Associations and Organizations No access Pages 152 - 156
Appendix 2: College and University Programs in Funeral Service Education and/or Mortuary Science No access Pages 157 - 164
Appendix 3: Funeral Service State Examining Boards No access Pages 165 - 174
Appendix 4: Accreditation Standards of the American Board of Funeral Service Education No access Pages 175 - 181
Appendix 5: Mortuary Science Periodicals No access Pages 182 - 184
Title Index No access Pages 185 - 195
About the Author No access Pages 196 - 197