"Funerals aren't nice but it couldn't have been nicer". The makings of a good funeral

Mortality

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-53

  Holloway, Margaret ^a   Adamson, Susan ^a   Argyrou, Vassos ^a   Draper, Peter ^a   Mariau, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

celebrants; deceased; funeral directors; funerals; religion; ritual; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873703489     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2012.755505     Document Type: Article

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