Pre-planning your funeral or planning a loved one's funeral, can be exceptionally challenging. When you are distressed, you are also vulnerable, emotionally and financially. This seminar will review all the mandatory components of funeral planning plus the services offered by the funeral industry & on-line service providers. Differing charges, for similar services, common pitfalls, your rights. This is a frank review of the funeral and disposition industries, in which there is a Duty of Care. This is must-know information for those planning a funeral. Don't die until you have been to this session!

Your Tutor is Mark Simpson

Mark Simpson MMedSc, BMedEduc, BN has been teaching at WEA since 1998. 

Mark is a retired medical educator and has also completed postgraduate research within the field of Thanatology Science which explores death and dying including disposition within the Australian funeral industry.

The world of science and medicine can be difficult to understand, with its own complex language. As a passionate public educator, Mark launched Australian Medical Educators to unlock the mystique of this complicated world and translate it into everyday language. 

He teaches a range of courses with WEA and online through Australian Medical Educators. Subjects include medical terminology and medical admin for vocational purposes, death and dying, funeral planning, and navigating the funeral industry.