At the hour of death
Format:
Book
Title:
At the hour of death
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ISBN:
9780380018024
Publication Information:
New York : Avon, 1977.
Physical Description:
x, 244 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Introduction / Elisabeth Kübler-Ross -- 1. The mystery of death : what we believe versus what we know -- 2. Is the idea of postmortem survival testable? -- 3. Research on deathbed visions : past and present -- 4. The pilot survey : a most encouraging start -- 5. What the dying see -- 6. To be or not to be : a model of deathbed visions and how we tested it -- 7. Apparitions : hallucinations of persons as seen by terminal patients -- 8. General characteristics of apparition cases in terminal patients -- 9. Getting at the roots of the apparition experience 1 -- 10. Getting at the roots of the apparition experience 2 -- 11. From depression and pain to peace and serenity -- 12. They came back : reports form near-death patients -- 13. Visions of another world : afterlife as seen through the eyes of the dying -- 14. The meaning of death : what we learned from this study -- Epilogue -- About the authors -- Appendixes -- 1. Questionnaire -- 2. Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"What do we know about immortality? We can be certain that the body does not survive death. Once the heart stops circulating blood, the brain is no longer nourished and begins to decay. On the basis of medical evidence it would seem that, within a quarter of an hour, the personality is irreparably destroyed and the individual ceases to exist. But now there is mounting scientific evidene for a life after death. This book is the product of extensive interviews of over 1,000 doctors and nurses who have been present when cases of 'postmortem existence' have occurred. Extensive computer analyses of their observations have been made. The results are reported in this first truly scientific investigation of the experiences of the dying at the hour of death. What these doctors and nurses have witnessed cannot be explained away by medical, psychological, cultural, or other conditioning. Yet it may answer the fundamental question of human existence -- is there life after death?"--back cover.
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