Other Links
It is the goal of PMA to assist the public with making informed decisions regarding end-of-life issues. On this website, we provide links to a variety of resources which we have found to be educational and informative. PMA does not endorse specific options, but rather provides this information to enable you to make the best choices for yourself.
Funeral Consumers Alliance:
Funeral Consumer's Alliance
Directory of Non-profit Affiliates of the Funeral Consumer's Alliance
Funeral Consumer's Alliance Bookstore
Articles for Funeral Consumers:
Funeral Industry R.I.P Off AARP
Is the Funeral Industry Preying on the Bereaved? American Consumer Institute
Funeral Shopping--The Basics American Consumer Institute
Advance Directives:
Questions & Answers on Living Wills
Questions & Answers on Powers of Attorney
Compassion and Choices Advance Directive
Five Wishes
POLST - Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Washington State Living Will Registry
Legal Resources:
Washington State Self-Help Legal Resources
End of Life Issues:
Caring Connections
Compassion and Choices of Washington
AARP End of Life
Washington State Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Funeral Planning Resources:
AARP Preplanning Your Funeral
If I Should Die: Death Poetry
Shipping or Flying with Cremated Remains
Trappist Caskets
Home Funerals:
Directory of Home Funeral Providers
A Sacred Moment
A Family Undertaking on PBS
Green Burial:
Green Burial Council
The Meadow Natural Burial Ground, Ferndale, WA
White Eagle Natural Burial Ground, Goldendale, WA
Natural Burial Company
En Espanõl:
Proceso de Embalsamar un Cadaver
Cómo leer la Lista General de Precios (GPL)
Governmental:
Social Security Survivor's Benefits
Order copies of Death Certificates
Funeral Industry Regulation & Ethics:
Federal Trade Commission Info
Filing a Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission
Washington State Funeral & Cemetery Board
Filing a Complaint with the Washington State Funeral & Cemetery Board
Funeral Ethics Organization
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