Publisher's Synopsis
This fully revised edition contains much new material, covering organ donation, funerals without undertakers and non-Christian funerals. It is a guide to the practical arrangements that must be made following a death, with new sections on D-I-Y and non-religious funerals, and on coping with grief.;Death is a subject with which everybody comes into contact at some time, but when it must be faced there is not time to learn about what needs to be done. This book explains how to register a death, what decisions need to be made about the funeral and disposal of the body, what to do about claiming any state benefits due, what happens if someone dies abroad, as well as covering other issues. There is also a section of different practices in Scotland.
