End-of-life dreams and visions: A longitudinal study of hospice patients' experiences
Christopher W. Kerr, James P. Donnelly, et al. · 2014 · Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17(3), 296-303
This source is used as supports evidence across 2 linked claims and 3 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.
Summary
Longitudinal hospice study quantifying end-of-life dreams and visions, including frequency, content, realism, and emotional meaning for dying patients.
How this source is used on the map
A strong clinical source for deathbed-vision pages because it studies the experience in hospice patients without requiring a survivalist interpretation.
Citation record
- Authors
- Christopher W. Kerr, James P. Donnelly, et al.
- Year
- 2014
- Publication
- Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17(3), 296-303
- Source type
- Study
- Map role
- supports
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- 10.1089/jpm.2013.0371
- PubMed
- Recorded
- Not recorded
Linked claims
Dying patients commonly report visits from deceased loved ones. Cross-cultural pattern with deep clinical familiarity.
Caregivers and family occasionally report sharing imagery, light, or peace at the moment of someone's death.
Related evidence hubs
Related research reports
A comparative guide to the strongest survival-adjacent evidence: NDEs, terminal lucidity, deathbed visions, past-life memories, mediumship, and after-death communication.
What NDE studies support, what they do not prove, and why the phenomenon remains one of the strongest spiritual-adjacent evidence clusters.
A balanced synthesis of the strongest and weakest evidence across afterlife, consciousness, reincarnation, mystical, psi, and practice claims.
Related sources
The institutional home for serious empirical work on past-life memories and survival-related anomalies.
Standard reference body for NDE-related claims; archives many first-person accounts and links to peer-reviewed work.
Reasonable general-audience starting point for these phenomena, especially for distinguishing clinical reports from afterlife interpretation.
Direct topical reference; the phenomenon is rarely covered in academic encyclopedias, so this serves as a limited orientation rather than strong evidence.