We need to talk about the growing cost of sending off a loved one

Authors

Sandra van der Laan, University of SydneyFollow
Lee Moerman, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

96280

Publication Details

van der Laan, S. & Moerman, L. (2014). We need to talk about the growing cost of sending off a loved one. The Conversation, (5 December), 1-3.

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The Conversation

Abstract

What's the first thing you are told to do when a loved one dies? If they die in a medical or residential care institution, which happens in more than 85% of cases in Australia, a funeral director is your first port of call.