Death to dust :what happens to dead bodies? /Kenneth V. Iserson.
Description
Dying to know: introduction -- I'm dead-now what? -- Help for the living: organ, tissue, & whole-body donation -- The Autopsy: my body and the pathologist -- Beauty in death -- The eternal flame -- Souls on ice -- Wayward bodies -- Nightmares -- Going out in style -- Black tie affairs -- From earth to earth -- A hand from the grave -- Say it gently: words, sayings, and poetry about the dead
xviii, 821 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Place Published
City
Tucson, AZ
Date Published
circa 2001
Publication Subjects
Death.
Autopsy.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Call No.
QP87 .I83 2001
ISBN
1883620228 (cloth)
LCCN
00041748
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.