Preface
Part I. Conflict and Context
1. Visitors Near Death: Are They "Real"?
2. Hallucinations
3. Perception
Part II. Patterns of Custom and Solicitation
4. Greetings and Other Customs
5. Advice
6. Transformation
7. Gifts
Part III. A Pattern Directing the Patterns
8. Vigils
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Allan Kellehear is 50th Anniversary Professor of End of Life Care at the University of Bradford. His books include A Social History of Dying (2007) and The Inner Life of the Dying Person (Columbia, 2014).