At the Hour of Death: A New Look at Evidence for Life After Death

Record summary

Karlis Osis and Erlendur Haraldsson compared reports from American and Indian physicians and nurses concerning patients who appeared to see deceased relatives, religious figures or other beings near death. The book is important for comparing cultural expectations, medical observation and the language used for deathbed apparitions. It is not a casebook of independently verified supernatural events: much of the evidence is retrospective testimony, and sampling, translation and interpretation are disputed. Researchers should distinguish reported visions from claims that an external entity was present.