TOP STORIES
“10
reasons why I want to talk about death” from Elaine Voci in the
Indianapolis Star
Mourning
Michael Brown, from Stacia Brown
Caleb Wilde in Confessions of a Funeral Director makes some
predictions about the future of the funeral industry
DEATH
The
life and death of pioneering thanatologist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, via David
Kessler in the Huffington Post
Medical
insurance may begin to cover end-of-life discussion payments for doctors –
via Pam Belluck at the New York Times
Assisted-death
comedy creates stir at Venice Film Festival – via ABC News
Sierra
Leone funeral is catalyst for 14 Ebola infections – via Donald G. McNeil,
Jr. at the New York Times
Death
over Dinner’s Michael Hebb talks to the Tennessean’s Alex Tolbert
‘The
Death of Klinghofer’: Is it wrong for the Metropolitan Opera to censor itself?
From Ethics Alarms
MOURNING
Police
violence victim Michael Brown’s funeral – reported by Monica Davey in the
New York Times
Grief
and change, by Eliza Berman in Slate
FUNERALS
Hearse
horse dies in harness – via arbroath.blogspot.com.
A
rundown on funeral costs from Michael Camacho in the Pacific Daily News
Portrait
of a funeral home’s staff beautician – by Tom Eblen in the Lexington
Herald-Leader