title: Commentary on "Letter to a Funeral Parlor".
authors.affiliation: H. Groninger is director of palliative care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, and faculty affiliate, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia; e-mail: hgroninger@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hunter
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Groninger
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D055700:Cremation; D005655:Funeral Rites / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male