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A Family Undertaking
URL: http://www.pbs.org/pov/afamilyundertaking/

Description:
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program that "explores the growing home-funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home." Features include a chronology of death in the U.S., questions and answers from funeral experts, a gallery of postmortem photography, and links to related websites.

Publisher:
American Documentary, Inc.

Extra Keywords
Elizabeth Westrate Point of View

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Burial laws
Funeral rites and ceremonies

LII Database Information:
Record 11686 created by Jennifer English on 08/16/2005
Last modification on 09/08/2009
Published: 08/16/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11686