The term "clinically" may have escaped your attention, Paul.

It reflects the fact, I suppose,that the boundary conditions between life and death are probably not completely understood.

I have known other cases where death was medically declared and thought to be indisputable, but was reversed anyway. The ones I have heard of all include an act of will or consciousness taken indepently of the body, often while watching the body from an exterior position with clarity.

You might also pursue some of the evidence ccollected by Moody and Kubler-Ross on the subject.

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