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Originally Posted by cracher
I think they earn their money. This is especially true if you've seen what a body looks like after an autopsy... pathologists are not known to be good at sewing or clean-up. I would absolutely demand top dollar to be working with that day in and day out.
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As long as you have the right temperament, you can get used to that sort of thing fairly quickly. My mom used to an ER nurse and laying hands on a mutilated dead body doesn't even phase her (as long as she's wearing gloves).
That said, I agree that the preparation of the body is a sacred duty and those practitioners should be well compensated. But that is only one step of the process, the funeral industry typically runs a very high profit margin, which is based entirely on taking advantage of people who are not a position to fight for a fair deal.