HW 53 - Independent Research A

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/314353/diy_funeral_care_for_the_dead_on_your.html

This article is about how people are choosing to prepare the bodies of their loved ones for burial and hold their funeral services on their own.


http://www.iccfa.com/blogs/todd-van-beck/2010/01/07/good-intentions-aren%E2%80%99t-enough-when-faced-dead-body

This article argues how authors who write about the death industry have no real knowledge about the mode of death, or how people die.

http://www.essortment.com/history-care-dead-21141.html

This article is about the tangled history which is the care of the dead.

What I got form these articles is it appears that most religions the body as sacred.It seems that one’s family and spiritual background is how predominately the method of disposal for a dead body is taken care of. Once death has passed, what do we do with the remains? Death rituals like are preparations for the deceased’s journey. The two meager ways we dispose of a body in the United States is earth burial or cremation. Also many of the articles point out that in America, we have the choice to embalm our dead, which for some pushes the boundaries.