Funeral Rights: What You Don't Know About The Australian 'Death-Care' Industry

There is a growing sense of unease about funerals in Australia - not only about their exorbitantly high costs, the high-pressure sales techniques routinely used by those in the industry, and the undue influence wielded by the major "death-care" corporations, but also about the lack of genuine involvement that family and friends are able to have in the funeral process. People are starting to realise how little control they have over the funerals of their loved ones.

'Funeral Rights' lifts the lid on the unsavoury and exploitative tactics used by the "death-care" industry to profit at the expense of grieving families, but it also offers a practical guide to the alternatives that exist. Larkins also unearths the unsustainable environmental practices that are used by the industry. By demystifying death and dispelling popular myths about funeral practices, Robert Larkins shows what people's real options are and reclaims our funeral rights.