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Mortuary Science: A Sourcebook Annotated Edition
Author(s): John F. Szabo (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 1993
- Edition: Annotated
- Language: English
- Print length: 206 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810845873
- ISBN-13: 9780810845879
Book Description
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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About the Author
John F. Szabo is the City Librarian of Los Angeles. He was previously Director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. Szabo has also headed the public libraries in Clearwater and Palm Harbor, Florida as well as Robinson, Illinois. He holds a bachelor’s in telecommunication and film from the University of Alabama and a master’s in information and library studies from the University of Michigan. He is the author of Death and Dying: An Annotated Bibliography of the Thanatological Literature and Mortuary Science: A Sourcebook.
