Glamour, luxury and comfort to die for

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Funeraire, Paris's international trade fair for the funeral industry is big business. Deaths were down 4%in France in 1989 but turnover was up by almost 9%. Creative marketing involves glamour, make-up, disguise and different ethnic tastes for coffins; death is presented as leisure. The national board of undertakers offers prizes for the best tombstones. Five distinct categories of customers have been noted by a French survey: spiritual pioneers, rationalist cremators, religious conformists and undecided deniers.

Product information, France, Marketing, Embalming, Fairs and festivals, Funeral industry

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Extending the hand of comfort

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City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland offers support to bereaved relatives who have experienced unexpected death in the family. A nurse is allocated as soon as relatives arrive at the hospital. They are encouraged to view the body, to touch and say goodbye. Two named nurses or a nurse and junior doctor will telephone or visit a week to 10 days after the death, after the bereaved has had time to think and question. Only two other hospitals in th UK offer this service.

Psychological aspects, Care and treatment, Services, Nurses, Bereavement

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Cold comfort for halls in Britain

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British exhibition halls are small compared to European halls and facilities are expensive. The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham, England and Earls Court, Olympia have improved their conference hall facilities to compete with new halls in Wembley, London and Telford. Firms tend to exhibit at international exhibitions at the Parc des Expositions, Paris, France, the Ifema in Madrid and the Fiera di Milano in Italy for international contact.

United Kingdom, Europe, Exhibitions, Exhibition buildings

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