Close Encounters of the Final Kind: Mourning Rituals in America
- Date
- Thursday, Mar. 1, 2007
- Time
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Organization
- Duke Bereavement Services
- Description
Jennifer Gentry, a nurse practitioner with the palliative care service, will present on the history of funeral customs and practice, describing rituals around death, mourning, and remembering with vintage photographs and fascinating historical anecdotes.
Lunch will be provided. No registration required. CEU's available.Call 919-684-4750 for more information.
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- Contact
- 919-684-4750
- Registration status
- No registration required
- Location
- Duke University Hospital
- Location Specifics
- Room 2003
- Address
- Erwin Road Durham, NC 27710
- Directions
- Driving Directions to Duke (Erwin Road)
From Greensboro and Points West
Via 1-85 North: Exit onto N.C. 147 (Durham Freeway).
Take first exit off Durham Freeway onto 15-501 S. toward Chapel Hill.
Stay in right lane, and take second exit (#107) to N.C. 751.
Turn LEFT onto N.C. 751 S., go under the highway, and take next left turn onto Erwin Road.
From Richmond and Points North
Via I-85 South:
In Durham, take the left-lane exit (#174B) for US 15-501 S. Bypass - Duke University/Chapel Hill.
Continue on U.S. 15-501 to the fourth exit (#107) a right-lane exit for N.C. 751.
Turn LEFT onto N.C. 751 S., go under the highway, and take next left turn onto Erwin Road.
From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points East
Via I-40 West: Exit onto the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147).
Take Durham Freeway to Fulton Street exit (#15B).
Turn left onto Fulton Street, take to end at Erwin Road.
From Chapel Hill
Via U.S. 15-501: North. Take 15-501 N. marked Duke Univ./Med Ctr. (Do NOT take 15-501 Business.)
Take N.C. 751 exit (#107) marked Duke. Univ. West Campus.
Turn right onto N.C. 751, make the next left turn onto Erwin Road.
