Well, I suppose it's the way it used to be.
The Movement to Bring Death Closer
Home-funeral guides believe that families can benefit from tending to — and spending time with — the bodies of their deceased.
Over the last few decades, Boucher has helped more than 100 families take care of loved ones’ bodies in the hours and days after death. Some of their deaths were long expected, whether from cancer, multiple sclerosis or another chronic disease. But she also helps families with the sudden, inconceivable loss. The teenager who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. The man who shot himself. The children and adults killed in car and motorcycle accidents. The people who died of drug overdoses. They have been atheists, Christians, Buddhists, Jews.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/m...sultPosition=1
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