Carson, Denise. <br/><br/>
Parting ways :  new rituals and celebrations of life's passing / 
Denise Carson. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2011. 
 - xv, 309 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) 
<br/><br/>Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination -- Living funeral: celebrating the end of life -- Her life review: reliving the past in the present -- Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes -- Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals -- Oral ethical will: video recording last words -- Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party -- Vigil: holding hands at the eleventh hour -- Her twenty-first-century memorial service, his twentieth-century funeral -- Home funeral: eco-friendly way out -- Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing -- The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing -- Her truth: finding life after death. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520251083 (cloth) 0520251083 (cloth) 9780520268739 (pbk.) 0520268733 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010040360 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101560103  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Psychological aspects.<br/>Mourning customs.<br/>Funeral rites and ceremonies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF789.D4  / C32 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.9/37 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2011 F-596 BF 789.D4