Last rites: how the Western world has lost its 'death literacy'

By Jackie Dent
Updated November 5 2016 - 1:10pm, first published 12:50pm
Counsellor, celebrant and "death consultant" Victoria Spence.  Photo: Nic Walker
Counsellor, celebrant and "death consultant" Victoria Spence. Photo: Nic Walker

Many Australians are in denial about dying. Blame decades of outsourcing the entire end-of-life business, say the experts now working to wind back our fears.

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