Cartwright A
Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care, London.
Public Health. 1991 Jan;105(1):79-87. doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80320-8.
Based on reports from relatives and other associates about a random sample of adults who had recently died, the data suggest that three-fifths of the people who died were perceived as having some sort of religious faith that had been helpful to them in the time before they died. Acceptance of death was seen as more common among those thought to have had a strong religious faith, but was not related to believing or not believing in some sort of life after death. It was less frequent among those thought to be uncertain about this. The majority of relatives who said they had a religious faith felt it had been helpful to them over their bereavement, but religious faith was not related to whether or not they felt they had come to terms with the person's death. Those with a religious faith were more likely than others to describe their relationship with the person who died as having been 'very good'. The data can be interpreted in various ways and it is not possible to say with certainty that a religious faith is helpful around the time of death.
根据亲属和其他联系人对最近去世的成年人随机样本的报告，数据表明，五分之三的死者被认为拥有某种宗教信仰，这种信仰在他们去世前对他们有所帮助。在那些被认为有强烈宗教信仰的人中，对死亡的接受更为常见，但与是否相信某种死后生活无关。在那些对此不确定的人中，这种情况不太常见。大多数表示有宗教信仰的亲属认为，宗教信仰在他们丧亲期间对他们有帮助，但宗教信仰与他们是否觉得自己已接受亲人的死亡无关。有宗教信仰的人比其他人更有可能将他们与死者的关系描述为“非常好”。这些数据可以有多种解释，无法确定宗教信仰在死亡前后是否有帮助。
