Did you know that about 15% of the American funeral industry is run by large corporations? "Death is a for-profit business," explains our favorite mortician, Caitlin Doughty. Corporate structure sometimes means a funeral director will try to "upsell" products to grieving families. Caitlin's advice: "Know what services you really want. Know whether or not the place you're going is corporate. Don't let them take advantage of you."
You can follow Caitlin on Twitter and check out Order Of The Good Death on Facebook.
See all previous Ask a Mortician clips here.
DISCUSSION
Caitlin is my favorite not-author Jezebel regular. So glad she's here, so glad Hugo's gone.