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Review of Raising the dead.

Richard Abanes

The Journal of near-death studies 1996 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1996-15-1-p75-77. (opens in new tab)

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Key points Abanes argues that the public and researchers alike should be more skeptical about near-death experiences, and expresses disappointment in Edwards' review of Selzer's Raising the Dead for, in his view, not reflecting that skepticism.

Abstract

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where Richard Abanes expresses his disappointment in Mary S. Edwards' review of Raising the Dead by Robert Selzer. Abanes believes the population, as well as researchers, need to be more skeptical about near-death experiences.