The Order of the Good Death

The Order of the Good Death is a death acceptance organization founded in 2011 by mortician and author Caitlin Doughty.[1][2][3] The group advocates for natural burial and embracing human mortality.[4]

Along with Doughty, members include Sarah Chavez,[5] Director of The Order of the Good Death, Megan Rosenbloom, Director of Death Salon, and Amber Carvaly, Director of Undertaking LA. Other notable members are artist and monument-maker Greg Lundgren, TED speaker Jae Rhim Lee, alternative funeral home director Jeff Jorgenson, artist Landis Blair,[5] forensic pathologist Judy Melinek,[5] author and photographer Paul Koudounaris,[5] and other death professionals, artists and academics.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

The group held its first "death salon" in Los Angeles in 2013.[12][2][13][14][15] Another salon was held in 2014 at St Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum in London by museum curator Carla Valentine.[16]

The group took its name from the Brazilian Order of Our Lady of the Good Death.[17]

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  4. ^ Natural Burial, The Order of the Good Death, August 24, 2011, archived from the original on April 28, 2017, retrieved May 8, 2017
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  10. ^ Members: Death Professionals, The Order of the Good Death, archived from the original on June 6, 2017, retrieved December 26, 2014
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  17. ^ About us, The Order of the Good Death, archived from the original on January 7, 2015, retrieved December 27, 2014, The Order was inspired by several historical concepts of the good death, including the medieval Ars Moriendi (Art of Dying) and the Tibetan Bardo Thodol. The name itself is taken from the 19th century Brazilian sisterhood of African slaves, Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, or, Sisterhood of Our Lady of the Good Death.