In this inspirational account, a doctor and cardiology expert glimpses eternity through his patients, confirming his beliefs about God, one's purpose, and life after death. Dr. Chauncey Crandall is close with his patients. He sits with them as they are dying, praying with them and feeling what they feel. At times, he has witnessed patients "come back" from a near-death experience with astonishing descriptions of the afterlife. In Touching Heaven, Dr. Crandall reveals how these experiences have convinced him that God is real, that we are created for a divine purpose. Death is not the end, and we will see our departed loved ones again. We are closer to the next world than we think.