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Morse, M. L. (1994). Near death experiences and death-related visions in children: Implications for the clinician. Current Problems in Pediatrics, 24() 55-83.

Morse, M. L. (1994). Near death experiences and death-related visions in children: Implications for the clinician. Current Problems in Pediatrics, 24() 55-83.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Counseling NDErs
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Methodology in NDE Research
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Thanatology and NDEs
Morse, M. L. (1994). Near-death experiences of children. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 11(4) 139-144.

Morse, M. L. (1994). Near-death experiences of children. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 11(4) 139-144.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Morse, M., Castillo, P., Venecia, D., Milstein, J., & Tyler, D. C. (1986). Childhood near-death experiences. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 140(1) 1110-1114.

Morse, M., Castillo, P., Venecia, D., Milstein, J., & Tyler, D. C. (1986). Childhood near-death experiences. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 140(1) 1110-1114.
Abstract:
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs—Depersonalization
Morse, M., Conner, D., & Tyler, D. (1985). Near-death experiences in a pediatric population: A preliminary report. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 139(6) 595-600.

Morse, M., Conner, D., & Tyler, D. (1985). Near-death experiences in a pediatric population: A preliminary report. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 139(6) 595-600.
Abstract:
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Sensory Deprivation and NDEs
Musgrave, C. (1997). The near-death experience: A study of spiritual transformation. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 15(3) 187-201.

Musgrave, C. (1997). The near-death experience: A study of spiritual transformation. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 15(3) 187-201.
Abstract: Fifty-one near-death experiencers (NDErs) were surveyed in person and through the mail to discover if and how their lives were changed as a result of their NDEs. Results showed major changes in participants’ lives, especially in the areas of religious belief and practice, lifestyle, career, and relationships.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Characteristics of NDErs—Age NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Combat-Related
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Disclosure of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Non-NDErs' Attitude Change after Learning about NDEs
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Myers, F. W. H. (1892). On indications of continued Terrene knowledge on the part of the phantasms of the dead. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 8() 170-252.

Myers, F. W. H. (1892). On indications of continued Terrene knowledge on the part of the phantasms of the dead. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 8() 170-252.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Related Experiences NOS
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Noyes, R. (1981). The encounter with life-threatening danger: Its nature and impact. Essence, 5(1) 21-32.

Noyes, R. (1981). The encounter with life-threatening danger: Its nature and impact. Essence, 5(1) 21-32.
Abstract: When a factor analysis of questionnaire responses from 189 victims of life-threatening accidents was undertaken, three dimensions of the altered state of consciousness produced by dangerous circumstances were identified. These dimensions, which included depersonalization, hyperalertness and mystical consciousness, appeared meaningful in terms of the endangered personality's effort to cope with a threat to life. On a physiological level, an adaptive neural mechanism serving the organisim’s [sic] instinct for survival was indentified [sic]. On a psychological level a defense against the threat of death was clearly visible. For a small proportion of victims the experience took on a religious or mystical character and strongly influenced subsequent attitudes and beliefs. Study of the subjective response to life-threatening danger not only reassures us about the final moments of life but has much to teach us about the human experience of death.
Copyright: © 1981 Essence. Reprinted by permission.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Methodology in NDE Research
Noyes, R. (1980). Attitude change following near-death experiences. Psychiatry, 43() 234-242.

Noyes, R. (1980). Attitude change following near-death experiences. Psychiatry, 43() 234-242.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright: © 1970. Reprinted with permission of Guilford Press.
Link: http://www.guilford.com
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Disclosure of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Noyes, R., & Kletti, R. (1977). Depersonalization in response to life-threatening danger. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 18(4) 375-384.

Noyes, R., & Kletti, R. (1977). Depersonalization in response to life-threatening danger. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 18(4) 375-384.
Abstract: Depersonalization is a subjective mental phenomenon having as its central feature an altered awareness of the self. Its occurrence in a variety of psychopathological states, particularly those accompanied by extreme anxiety, has been well documented. It has also been reported by normal persons under a variety of circumstances including drug intoxication and environmental stress. Previously a series of accounts of depersonalization occurring in response to life-threatening danger was examined and the essential features of the syndrome identified. The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed description of the phenomenon as it develops under these circumstances and to interpret it as a response to extreme danger.
Copyright: Elsevier 1977.
Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0010440X
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs—Depersonalization
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Pandarakalam, J. P. (1990). Enigma of the near-death experience. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 13(1) 131-136.

Pandarakalam, J. P. (1990). Enigma of the near-death experience. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 13(1) 131-136.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs—Hinduism
Pasricha, S., & Stevenson, I. (1986). Near-death experiences in India: A preliminary report. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 174(3) 165-170.

Pasricha, S., & Stevenson, I. (1986). Near-death experiences in India: A preliminary report. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 174(3) 165-170.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Hinduism
Pennachio, J. (1988). Near-death experiences and self-transformation. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(3) 162-168.

Pennachio, J. (1988). Near-death experiences and self-transformation. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(3) 162-168.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Raft, D., & Andresen, J. J. (1986). Transformations in self-understanding after near-death experiences. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 22(3) 319-346.

Raft, D., & Andresen, J. J. (1986). Transformations in self-understanding after near-death experiences. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 22(3) 319-346.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Counseling NDErs
Disclosure of NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Reader, A. L. (1993). The psychophysiology of religious experience: Roots of spiritual, psychological, and physical healing. Journal of Psychology and Judaism, 17(2) 89-101.

Reader, A. L. (1993). The psychophysiology of religious experience: Roots of spiritual, psychological, and physical healing. Journal of Psychology and Judaism, 17(2) 89-101.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs—Judaism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Jung
Ring, K. (1984). The nature of personal identity in the near-death experience: Paul Brunton and the ancient tradition. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 4(1) 3-20.

Ring, K. (1984). The nature of personal identity in the near-death experience: Paul Brunton and the ancient tradition. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 4(1) 3-20.
Abstract: In this paper the nature of personal identity is examined from two perspectives: observations reported by selected near-death experiencers (NDErs) and the viewpoint represented by the late English writer Paul Brunton (1898-1981). NDEs suggest a continuation and enhancement of the sense of personal identity may give way in deeper experiences to an expanded and ecstatic state of union with the Light, in which one’s individuality is nevertheless paradoxically preserved. Such experiences of the self are, according to Brunton, manifestations of the Overself, a central concept in Brunton’s thought, which is next described and held to illumine many aspects of NDEs. The paper continues with an exploration of the implications of Brunton’s understanding of NDEs for the issue of whether, and in what form, we may survive biological death and concludes by considering the relationship between the discoveries of contemporary near-death research and some of the teachings of the ancient mystery schools. It is argued that the writings of Paul Brunton constitute a rich source of materials for enlarging our grasp of the significance of the NDE.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Literature, Fictional
Spirituality and NDEs
Ring, K. (1994). Solving the riddle of frightening near-death experiences: Some testable hypotheses and a perspective based on A Course in Miracles. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(1) 5-23.

Ring, K. (1994). Solving the riddle of frightening near-death experiences: Some testable hypotheses and a perspective based on A Course in Miracles. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(1) 5-23.
Abstract: This article discusses three varieties of frightening near-death experiences (NDEs), as distinguished in the typology of Bruce Greyson and Nancy Evans Bush (1992). “inverted” and hellish NDEs are analyzed in terms of the terror of ego-death that results in resistance to the experience and inability to surrender to it. The third kind, experiences of a “meaningless void,” may reflect an “emergence reaction” to inadequate anesthesia. Testable hypotheses stemming from this analysis are presented, and the relevance of the conception of reality based on teaching found in A Course in Miracles for understanding NDEs is indicated. Finally, the ontological status of both transcendent and frightening NDEs is briefly considered.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Literature, Fictional
Media Treatment of NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological—Grof
Ring, K. (1979). Research on near death experiences: Some determinants of the core near death experience. Research in Parapsychology 1978, () 31-32.

Ring, K. (1979). Research on near death experiences: Some determinants of the core near death experience. Research in Parapsychology 1978, () 31-32.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
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Topics:
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Definition of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Ring, K. (1979). Further studies of the near death experience. Theta, 7(2) 1-3.

Ring, K. (1979). Further studies of the near death experience. Theta, 7(2) 1-3.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Definition of NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Rodin, E. A. (1980). The reality of death experience: A personal perspective. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168(5) 259-263.

Rodin, E. A. (1980). The reality of death experience: A personal perspective. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168(5) 259-263.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Dreams and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Related Experiences NOS
Science and NDEs
Thanatology and NDEs
Sabom, M. B. (1981). The near-death experience: Myth or reality? A methodological approach. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 1(1) 44-56.

Sabom, M. B. (1981). The near-death experience: Myth or reality? A methodological approach. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 1(1) 44-56.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Interpretations of NDEs
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Sabom, M. B., & Kreutziger, S. A. (1978). Physicians evaluate the near death experience. Theta, 6(4) 1-6.

Sabom, M. B., & Kreutziger, S. A. (1978). Physicians evaluate the near death experience. Theta, 6(4) 1-6.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs—Depersonalization
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Schoenbeck, S. B. (1993). Exploring the mystery of near-death experiences. American Journal of Nursing, 93(5) 42-46.

Schoenbeck, S. B. (1993). Exploring the mystery of near-death experiences. American Journal of Nursing, 93(5) 42-46.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.ajnonline.com/pt/re/ajn/home.htm;jsessionid=LdzDS29xCnqsQnQ9TLnFMyZ5m07J7qhGC1tNhWYk9pwp92GRQGHt!-100510373!181195628!8091!-1
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Counseling NDErs
Disclosure of NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Schoenbeck, S. B., & Hocutt, G. D. (1991). Near-death experiences in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(4) 211-218.

Schoenbeck, S. B., & Hocutt, G. D. (1991). Near-death experiences in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(4) 211-218.
Abstract: The purposes of this two-phase descriptive study were to document the frequency of near-death experiences (NDEs) in a nonprobability convenience sample of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to describe the types of NDE experienced most commonly during CPR, and to describe patients’ views of helpful nursing responses to reports of NDEs. In Phase I a nurse read to subjects Greyson’s (1983a) NDE scale. In Phase II, we used an open-ended interview designed to elicit patients’ perception of helpful nursing responses to NDE reports. Results have implications for broadening the groups of persons offering patients an opportunity to discuss NDEs after CPR.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Education about NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Scott, L. G. (1931). Dying as a liberation of consciousness: Record of a personal experience. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 25() 113-117.

Scott, L. G. (1931). Dying as a liberation of consciousness: Record of a personal experience. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 25() 113-117.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Serdahely, W. J., & Walker, B. A. (1990). A near-death experience at birth. Death Studies, 14() 177-183.

Serdahely, W. J., & Walker, B. A. (1990). A near-death experience at birth. Death Studies, 14() 177-183.
Abstract: The near-death experience literature includes many accounts of adults who have had near-death experiences as adults or when they were children. The literature also reveals a few accounts of children reporting on their childhood near-death experiences. But the literature does not contain a single case of a near-death experience happening at birth, until the reporting of this case. Not only is this case interesting because it is a birth near-death experience, recalled through the medium of dreams, but because the respondent was born in the Philippines, adding cross-cultural validation to the phenomenon of the near-death experience. This is something the literature has called for in the past. Additionally, unlike the vast majority of near-death experiences, this one had a negative affective quality to it, which is discussed in detail through the use of Grey's typology of negative near-death experiences.
Copyright: © 1990. Reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
Link: http://www.informaworld.com
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Birth Trauma and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences NOS
Serdahely, W. J., & Walker, B. A. (1990). The near-death experience of a nonverbal person with congenital quadriplegia. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(2) 91-96.

Serdahely, W. J., & Walker, B. A. (1990). The near-death experience of a nonverbal person with congenital quadriplegia. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(2) 91-96.
Abstract: This article describes the near-death experience (NDE) a 39-year-old man born with severe spastic quadriplegia had when he was two and one-half years old. Nonverbal because of cerebral palsy, the man was able to communicate about his experience after he heard a therapist talking to another person about NDEs. The man experienced a fairly typical NDE and has had seven subsequent out-of-body experiences, the latter hypothesized as temporary relief from his physical pain resulting from muscular spasticity.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Out-of-Body Experiences
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disabilities and NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Physical
Sensory Deprivation and NDEs
Serdahely, W., Drenk, A., & Serdahely, J. J. (1988). What carers need to understand about the near-death experience. Geriatric Nursing, 9(4) 238-241.

Serdahely, W., Drenk, A., & Serdahely, J. J. (1988). What carers need to understand about the near-death experience. Geriatric Nursing, 9(4) 238-241.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Counseling NDErs
Disclosure of NDEs
Education about NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Stevenson, I. (1980). Comments on 'The reality of death experiences: A personal perspective'. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168(5) 271-272.

Stevenson, I. (1980). Comments on 'The reality of death experiences: A personal perspective'. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168(5) 271-272.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Interpretations of NDEs
Media Treatment of NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Stevenson, I., & Cook, E. W. (1995). Involuntary memories during severe physical illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 183(7) 452-458.

Stevenson, I., & Cook, E. W. (1995). Involuntary memories during severe physical illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 183(7) 452-458.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.jonmd.com/
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Sutherland, C. (1989). Psychic phenomena following near-death experiences: An Australian study. Journal of Near Death-Studies, 8(2) 93-102.

Sutherland, C. (1989). Psychic phenomena following near-death experiences: An Australian study. Journal of Near Death-Studies, 8(2) 93-102.
Abstract: This study examines the incidence of reports of psychic phenomena and associated beliefs both before and after the near-death experience (NDE). The near-death experiencers interviewed reported no more psychic phenomena before the NDE than the general population. There was a statistically significant increase following the NDE in the incidence of 14 of 15 items examined.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Out-of-Body Experiences
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Animals and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs—Stress
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Reincarnation and NDEs
Sutherland, C. (1990). Changes in religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices following near-death experiences: An Australian study. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(1) 21-31.

Sutherland, C. (1990). Changes in religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices following near-death experiences: An Australian study. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(1) 21-31.
Abstract: This study examined changes in religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices in the lives of 50 near-death experiencers. I attempted to clarify whether these changes were to greater religiousness or to a deeper spirituality. I found that before the near-death experience (NDE), my respondents were no more religious or spiritually inclined than the general Australian population. Following the NDE there was a statistically significant shift towards spirituality on most items investigated.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Reincarnation and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Twemlow, S. W., Gabbard, G. O., & Coyne, L. (1982). A multivariate method for the classification of preexisting near-death conditions. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 2(2) 132-139.

Twemlow, S. W., Gabbard, G. O., & Coyne, L. (1982). A multivariate method for the classification of preexisting near-death conditions. Anabiosis - The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 2(2) 132-139.
Abstract: This study reports the results of a multivariate analysis of data from 33 subjects who had near-death experiences. The analysis examined the relationship between the phenomenology of the experience and preexisting conditions. Five clusters were derived: Low Stress, Emotional Stress, Intoxicant, Cardiac Arrest, and Anesthetic. The heuristic value of these clusters is discussed. The statistical technique used is also discussed in some detail since it is particularly suitable for category data of this type where small numbers of subjects and large numbers of variables are involved in the analysis.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs—Stress
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
van Lommel, P., van Wees, R., Meyers, V., & Elfferich, I. (2001). Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: A prospective study in the Netherlands. Lancet, 358(9) 2039-2045.

van Lommel, P., van Wees, R., Meyers, V., & Elfferich, I. (2001). Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: A prospective study in the Netherlands. Lancet, 358(9) 2039-2045.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01638343
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Related Experiences NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Sartori, P. (2004). A prospective study of NDEs in an intensive therapy unit. Christian Parapsychologist, 16(2) 34-40.

Sartori, P. (2004). A prospective study of NDEs in an intensive therapy unit. Christian Parapsychologist, 16(2) 34-40.
Abstract: No abstract.
Copyright:
Link: http://www.churchesfellowship.org.uk/
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Disclosure of NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Walker, B. A., Serdahely, W. J., & Bechtel, L. (1991). Three near-death experiences with premonitions of what could have been. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(3) 189-196.

Walker, B. A., Serdahely, W. J., & Bechtel, L. (1991). Three near-death experiences with premonitions of what could have been. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 9(3) 189-196.
Abstract: We analyze three near-death experiences involving a unique type of prophetic vision that has not previously been reported in the literature. These visions involve a brief glimpse of what circumstances would have been like for the near-death experiencers’ family in the aftermath of the experiencers’ deaths, had they actually died.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Wettach, G. E. (2000). The near death experience as a product of isolated subcortical brain function. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 19(2) 71-90.

Wettach, G. E. (2000). The near death experience as a product of isolated subcortical brain function. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 19(2) 71-90.
Abstract: This paper attempts to show that the sequence of a typical near death experience (NDE) is predictable and reproducible, enough to suggest that the NDE is a symptom of a specific altered mental state seen in a large number of medical and surgical conditions. I attempt to explain on an anatomical, physiologic, and psychological basis how NDEs might be caused, and suggest that NDEs might even be the basis of religion. I also describe an NDE of a 38-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic who developed hypoglycemia secondary to a lack of caloric intake to support her daily insulin usage. She did not appear to be life-threatened from a cardiovascular standpoint. During the hypoglycemic spell, the patient appeared to be in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Following resuscitation with an intravenous injection of dextrose, the patient returned to a normal mental status, but recounted a typical NDE.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Stress
Disabilities and NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Dreams and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs—Sociological
Interpretations of NDEs
Kundalini and NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Religion and NDEs—Christianity
Religion and NDEs—Hinduism
Religion and NDEs NOS
Sensory Deprivation and NDEs
White, P. R. (1997). The anatomy of a transformation: An analysis of the psychological structure of four near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 15(3) 163-185.

White, P. R. (1997). The anatomy of a transformation: An analysis of the psychological structure of four near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 15(3) 163-185.
Abstract: In this paper, I discuss the general psychological structure of four near-death experiences and the evolutionary nature of the mental processes that occur. I suggest that the transformational aspect of each near-death experience comes at the culmination of the mental processes through archetypal imagery drawn from the context of the experiencer’s life.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Interpretations of NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Wiltse, A. S. (1889). A case of typhoid fever with subnormal temperature and pulse. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, 57() 355-364.

Wiltse, A. S. (1889). A case of typhoid fever with subnormal temperature and pulse. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, 57() 355-364.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link:
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Afterlife, Belief in
Afterlife, NDErs’ Descriptions of
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Mental Processes and NDEs
Staff (1948). Out-of-the-body experience. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 34() 206-211.

Staff (1948). Out-of-the-body experience. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 34() 206-211.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Circumstances of NDEs—Combat-Related
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Non-NDErs' Attitudes toward NDEs
Related Experiences—NDE-Like
Staff (1978). The experience of dying. Lancet, 1(8) 1347-1348.

Staff (1978). The experience of dying. Lancet, 1(8) 1347-1348.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01638343
Topics:
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Definition of NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Nearing Death and NDEs NOS
Bonenfant, R. J. (2004). A comparative study of near-death experience and non-near-death experience outcomes in 56 survivors of clinical death. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(3) 155-178.

Bonenfant, R. J. (2004). A comparative study of near-death experience and non-near-death experience outcomes in 56 survivors of clinical death. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(3) 155-178.
Abstract: The objective of the study was to determine whether non-near-death experiencers (nonNDErs) expressed aftereffects similar to those reported by near-death experiencers (NDErs). I divided 56 survivors of near-death events into two groups. The first group, consisting of 40 persons (71 percent) who reported extraordinary experiences during their near-death events, I designated the near-death experiencers (NDErs). The second group, consisting of 16 persons who retained no recall of what transpired during their near-death events, I designated the nonNDErs. I administered to both groups a questionnaire designed to identify behavioral changes and aftereffects commonly reported by NDErs, and subjected the findings to chi-square analyses to determine whether observed differences between the two groups were statistically significant. Results indicated that nonNDErs do report some NDE-like changes and aftereffects following their near-death events. However, I found these effects to be less prevalent in nonNDErs, and found statistically significant differences between the two groups in spiritual and paranormal measures. I also found a significant positive correlation between duration of near-death event and sensory confusion in NDErs. In addition, I found a new physiological effect, spine tingling, to be significantly associated with NDEs. Finally, NDErs reported that behavioral changes and aftereffects initiated by their near-death experiences not only were persistent but often increased with the passage of time.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs—Socioeconomic Status
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Smell
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Dreams and NDEs
Kundalini and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Reincarnation and NDEs
Colli, J. E., & Beck, T. E. (2003). Recovery from bulimia nervosa through near-death experience: A case study. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(1) 33-55.

Colli, J. E., & Beck, T. E. (2003). Recovery from bulimia nervosa through near-death experience: A case study. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(1) 33-55.
Abstract: We present one woman’s story as a paradigmatic healing process that illustrates an attempted suicide, her near-death experience (NDE), and subsequent recovery from bulimia nervosa. Complex posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse provides the most cogent framework for understanding her initial shattering loss of “self,” and her subsequent attempts to re-invent herself and to regulate feeling states through bulimia. Her recall of her NDE through regressive hypnosis adds another dimension to her recovery process, and highlights the single most important factor that helped her heal. We see her NDE’s teaching about the freedom and responsibility of choice as crucial to her recovery, and we make a case for increased awareness and study of NDEs occurring in the context of eating disorders. Finally, we give consideration to problems inherent in retrospective recollections and recovered memories through hypnotic regression.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDErs—Trauma and Abuse
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Kinesthetic
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Counseling NDErs
Disclosure of NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Hypnosis and NDEs
Language and NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopathology and NDEs NOS
Spirituality and NDEs
Enright, R. (2004). Silent journey: The discovery of the near-death experience of a nonverbal adolescent. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(3) 195-208.

Enright, R. (2004). Silent journey: The discovery of the near-death experience of a nonverbal adolescent. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(3) 195-208.
Abstract: This article relates the story of a boy who had a near-death experience at the age of 8, but who, because brain trauma left him quadriplegic and nonverbal, was unable to talk about his experience until I discovered it serendipitously 6 years later. Being able to tell his story and have his experience validated brought about significant changes in his emotional state, helped return personal control over his life, and ultimately led to his peaceful and fulfilling death.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Out-of-Body Experiences
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Counseling NDErs
Disabilities and NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Education about NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Non-NDErs' Attitude Change after Learning about NDEs
Fenwick, P. (2005). Science and spirituality: A challenge for the 21st century [The Bruce Greyson lecture from the International Association for Near-Death Studies 2004 annual conference]. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 23(3) 131-157.

Fenwick, P. (2005). Science and spirituality: A challenge for the 21st century [The Bruce Greyson lecture from the International Association for Near-Death Studies 2004 annual conference]. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 23(3) 131-157.
Abstract: Spirituality is increasingly acknowledged in medicine as a legitimate topic of instruction and focus of research. I highlight some findings of my own and others’ retrospective research on near-death experiences (NDEs), review recent prospective research by myself and others, and describe veridical perception research I plan to undertake. After reviewing findings regarding approaching-death experiences and their relationship to NDEs, I assert my current perspective on the relationship between mind and brain and explain the impact that empirical support for that perspective will have on both science and humanity.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children and Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Occupation
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Interpretations of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Nearing Death and NDEs—Deathbed Visions
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Science and NDEs
Spirituality and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Winkler, P. E. (2003). The Elias Project: Using the near-death experience potential in therapy. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(2) 78-81.

Winkler, P. E. (2003). The Elias Project: Using the near-death experience potential in therapy. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(2) 78-81.
Abstract: This essay describes the therapeutic usefulness of near-death experiences (NDEs). The fundamental hypothesis is that reports of NDEs together with relevant research can be understood to be a modern book of death and dying, one that is not only useful but also applicable to therapeutic purposes. I describe an actual case of a suicidal boy who was successfully treated through the use of NDEs. This event developed into what came to be called the Elias Project. The foundation of the Elias Project is in the form of two texts with commentary, one for adults and one for children. Both texts have been distilled out of a large number of NDE reports. Also included are clinical cases that have to do with difficult and varied psychological problems. These have been included in the Occidental Book of Death and Dying because this approach has proved its therapeutic effectiveness.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Education about NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Literature, Fictional
Non-NDErs' Attitude Change after Learning about NDEs
Woerlee, G. M. (2004). Cardiac arrest and near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(4) 235-249.

Woerlee, G. M. (2004). Cardiac arrest and near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 22(4) 235-249.
Abstract: Recent prospective studies of the incidence and character of near-death experiences (NDEs) during cardiac resuscitation have aroused new interest in the true nature of these profound experiences. Those who believe in the reality of an invisible and immaterial soul claim these studies support their belief. However, careful analysis reveals these experiences can be explained by changes in body function. This article describes the process of cardiac resuscitation in some detail, explains how known data on cardiac resuscitation predict the incidence of these experiences, as well as how the functioning of the body during cardiac resuscitation explains the experiences undergone during NDEs such as out-of-body experiences, tunnel and darkness experiences, sensations of transcendence, and ineffability. Furthermore, the functioning of the human body during cardiac resuscitation also explains the veridical observations made during some NDEs. This article offers a full explanation of NDEs occurring during cardiac resuscitation based solely upon human physiology.
Copyright: © 2008 International Association for Near-Death Studies
Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Shears, D., Elison, S., Garralda, M. E., & Nadel, S. (2005). Near-death experiences with meningococcal disease. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(7) 630-631.

Shears, D., Elison, S., Garralda, M. E., & Nadel, S. (2005). Near-death experiences with meningococcal disease. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(7) 630-631.
Abstract: No abstract.
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Link:
Topics:
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children, Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Methodology in NDE Research
Athappilly, G. K., Greyson, B., & Stevenson, I. (2006). Do prevailing societal models of influence reports of near-death experiences? A comparison of accounts reported before and after 1975 Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194(3) 218-222.

Athappilly, G. K., Greyson, B., & Stevenson, I. (2006). Do prevailing societal models of influence reports of near-death experiences? A comparison of accounts reported before and after 1975 Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194(3) 218-222.
Abstract: Transcendental near-death experiences show some crosscultural variation that suggests they may be influenced by societal beliefs. The prevailing Western model of near-death experiences was defined by Moody’s description of the phenomenon in 1975. To explore the influence of this cultural model, we compared near-death experience accounts collected before and after 1975. We compared the frequency of 15 phenomenological features Moody defined as characteristic of near-death experiences in 24 accounts collected before 1975 and in 24 more recent accounts matched on relevant demographic and situational variables. Near-death experience accounts collected after 1975 differed from those collected earlier only in increased frequency of tunnel phenomena, which other research has suggested may not be integral to the experience, and not in any of the remaining 14 features defined by Moody as characteristic of near-death experiences. These data challenge the hypothesis that near-death experience accounts are substantially influenced by prevailing cultural models.
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Link:
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cultural, Social Influences on NDEs
Disclosure of NDEs
Interpretations of NDEs
Language and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Non-NDErs’ Attitudes toward NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Brumm, K. (2006). A study of near-death experiences and coping with stress Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24(3) 153-173.

Brumm, K. (2006). A study of near-death experiences and coping with stress Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24(3) 153-173.
Abstract: This study investigates the effect of near-death experience (NDE) on an experiencer's ability to cope with stress. The intent of the study is to determine whether changes reported by experiencers have a practical, psychological application in their day-to-day lives. The test group included 18 participants of support groups sponsored by the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), all of whom reported having experienced an NDE. The control group consisted of 25 participants of the same support groups, none of whom reported having experienced an NDE. Questionnaires were distributed to all individuals. Results showed that 94 percent of experiencers felt their NDE positively affected how they responded to stress, and 86 percent of the control group felt that exposure to NDEs had the same positive effect on their response to stress. One hundred percent of experiencers and 91 percent of nonexperiencers felt that significant life events, whether positive or negative, were imbued with meaning. The findings suggest that a philosophical framework that imparts meaning to life events, and not necessarily an NDE, has a positive effect on a person's ability to cope with stress.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Relationships (familial, social)
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children-Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Social Workers
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Spiritual (chaplains, clergy)
Methodology in NDE Research
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Spirituality and NDEs
Carter, C. (2011). Response to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 29-53.

Carter, C. (2011). Response to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 29-53.
Abstract: The near-death experience (NDE) of Pam Reynolds is one of the most impressive and medically well-documented NDEs in the literature. It took place during an operation to remove a brain aneurism, and it included almost all the aspects of a classic NDE, including accurate visual perception of the operating theater. Furthermore, parts of the experience would seem to have occurred when no brain activity whatsoever was possible. Despite testimony to the contrary by the medical personnel involved, Gerald Woerlee has attempted to explain Reynolds’ experience as a result of auditory impressions combined with an anesthesia-induced fantasy. I argue here that Woerlee’s attempted explanation is simply unsupported by the documented facts of the case. I also invite Woerlee to accompany me to the Barrow Neurological Institute to participate in an empirical test under the exact auditory conditions Reynolds experienced.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Fracasso, C., Aleyasin, S. A., Friedman, H., & Young, M. S. (2010). Near-Death Experiences among a Sample of Iranian Muslims Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(1) 265-272.

Fracasso, C., Aleyasin, S. A., Friedman, H., & Young, M. S. (2010). Near-Death Experiences among a Sample of Iranian Muslims Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(1) 265-272.
Abstract: Muslim near-death experiences (NDEs) have been rarely reported by comparison to the incidence of NDEs reported in other groups. Recently, after Kreps (2009) found no NDEs in a sample from Pakistan and Kashmir, he concluded Muslim NDEs may even be nonexistent. However, in Arak City, Iran, we easily identified 19 Iranian Muslims who reported having experienced an NDE. Thirty participants claiming to have memories from a period of unconsciousness associated with a close brush with death completed a Persian translation of Greyson’s (1983) NDE Scale as well as background and semi-structured questions. Of these, 19 (63%) scored 7 or higher on the NDE Scale, Greyson’s criterion for a valid NDE. The presumed NDErs were 10 female and 9 male; aged 16 to 65 years old with a mean age of 33; ranging in education from no high school diploma (5%), to high school diploma (37%), to bachelor’s degree (58%); reporting NDE circumstances of accident (58%), attempted suicide (16%), illness (11%), natural disaster (11%), and emotional trauma (5%); and reporting time since NDE ranging from less than one to 20 years with a mean of 8 years. Although low reliability precluded further statistical analysis of the data or comparison of them to results of previous Western studies, our informal assessment was that both the contents and aftereffects of the Muslim NDEs were quite similar to those of Westerners. We concluded that NDEs are not particularly rare in Muslim groups and that their similarity to Western NDEs suggests they may be a cross-culturally universal and transpersonal phenomenon.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children-Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Stress
Circumstances of NDEs—Suicide
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Methodology in NDE Research
Religion and NDEs—Islam
Spirituality and NDEs
Gomez-Jeria, J. S. (2006). A near-death experience in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(2) 113-120.

Gomez-Jeria, J. S. (2006). A near-death experience in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(2) 113-120.
Abstract: I present in this paper a tale from Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from Liaozhai's Studio." This story seems to contain the following key elements of a near-death experience: the life review, travel through a spiritual world, and a pilgrimage to obtain a healthy physical body "to return to life." I discuss the content of the life review in terms of emotionally tagged souvenirs. Other contents of the story are clearly culturally dependent and I discuss them within the framework of Oriental thought.
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Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Healing and NDEs—Physical
Literature, Fictional
Religion and NDEs—Buddhism
Greyson, B., Holden, J. M., & Mounsey, J. P. (2006). Failure to elicit near-death experiences in induced cardiac arrest Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(2) 85-98.

Greyson, B., Holden, J. M., & Mounsey, J. P. (2006). Failure to elicit near-death experiences in induced cardiac arrest Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(2) 85-98.
Abstract: Persons reporting near-death experiences (NDEs) sometimes describe a sense of having been out of their bodies and observing their surroundings from a visual perspective outside of and above their bodies. We attempted to study such phenomena during the surgical implantation of automatic implantable cardioverters/defibrillators (ICDs), electrical devices that monitor the patient's heartbeat and automatically detect cardiac arrest and administer an electrical shock to return the heart to normal rhythm. When ICDs are implanted in a patient's chest, cardiac arrest is induced under closely monitored conditions, in order to test the ICD's sensitivity and effectiveness. This study was designed to investigate the accuracy of out-of-body perceptions during NDEs that occur during these induced cardiac arrests. A computer in the operating room displayed quasi-randomly-selected unusual visual targets so that they were visible only from above eye level, from a visual perspective looking down upon the body of the unconscious patient. In a series of 52 induced cardiac arrests, no patient reported having had a near-death experience, and none reported a sense of having left the physical body or observing from an out-of-body visual perspective. This failure to find a single NDE in 52 induced cardiac arrests may have been due to preoperative reassurances that patients would not be in danger of dying, the brief duration of the induced cardiac arrest, or the amnestic effects of pre-anesthetic sedative medication.
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Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Methodology in NDE Research
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Hameroff, S. (2011). Response to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 26-28.

Hameroff, S. (2011). Response to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 26-28.
Abstract: In this article, I reply to Gerald Woerlee’s (2011) this issue) claim that during Pam Reynolds’ near-death experience (NDE), she actually could hear through normal means. I respond in terms of my 35 years experience as a clinical anesthesiologist, researcher into mechanisms of anesthesia and consciousness, and proponent of a theory of non-local consciousness put forth by mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and me.
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Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Grmec, S., & Kersnik, J. (2011). Near-death experiences and electrocardiogram patterns in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: A prospective observational study Signa Vitae, 6(1) 31-35.

Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Grmec, S., & Kersnik, J. (2011). Near-death experiences and electrocardiogram patterns in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: A prospective observational study Signa Vitae, 6(1) 31-35.
Abstract: Aim. To determine the effect of several factors, that are a part of cardiac arrest and resuscitation, on the incidence of near-death experiences (NDEs). Methods. We conducted a prospective observational study in the three largest hospitals in Slovenia in a consecutive sample of patients after out-of-hospital primary cardiac arrest. The presence of NDE was assessed with the self-administered Greyson’s near-death experiences scale. The electrocardiogram pattern at the beginning of resuscitation was recorded. Main outcome measure was the presence of near-death experiences. Univariate analysis was used. Results. The study included 52 patients. There were 42 (80.8%) males in the sample; median age ± standard deviation of the patients was 53.1 ± 14.5 years. Near-death experiences were reported by 11 (21.2%) patients. Patients with ventricular fibrillation had significantly less NDEs than other patients (12.2% vs. 54.5%, p = 0.006). Patients with pulseless electrical activity had significantly more NDEs than others (60.0% vs. 11.9%, p = 0.003). Patients with asystole and pulseless electrical fibrillation had significantly more NDEs than patients who had ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia (60.0% vs. 11.9%, p = 0.003). Patients with at least one defibrillation attempt had significantly less near-death experiences than others (62.5% vs. 13.6%, p = 0.007). Conclusion. Our study found a possible correlation between electrocardiogram pattern in cardiac arrest patients and the incidence of near-death experiences. Further studies should address this problem in larger samples.
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Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Methodology in NDE Research
Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Kersnik, J., & Grmec, S. (2010). The effect of carbon dioxide on near-death experiences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: A prospective observational study Critical Care, 14(2) 1-7.

Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Kersnik, J., & Grmec, S. (2010). The effect of carbon dioxide on near-death experiences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: A prospective observational study Critical Care, 14(2) 1-7.
Abstract: Introduction: Near-death experiences (NDEs) are reported by 11-23% of cardiac arrest survivors. Several theories concerning the mechanisms of NDEs exist - including physical, psychological, and transcendental reasons - but so far none of these has satisfactorily explained this phenomenon. In this study, we investigated the effect of partial pressures of O2 and CO2, and serum levels of Na and K on the occurrence of NDEs in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in the three largest hospitals in Slovenia. Fifty-two consecutive patients (median age 53.1 years, 42 males) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were included. The presence of NDEs was assessed with a self-administered Greyson’s NDE scale. The initial partial pressure of end-tidal CO2, the arterial blood partial pressures of O2 and CO2 and the levels of Na and K in venous blood were analysed and studied. Univariate analyses and multiple regression models were used. Results: NDEs were reported by 11 (21.2%) of the patients. Patients with higher initial partial pressures of end-tidal CO2 had significantly more NDEs (p < 0.01). Patients with higher arterial blood partial pressures of CO2 had significantly more NDEs (p = 0.041). Scores on a NDE scale were positively correlated with partial pressures of CO2 (p = 0.017) and with serum levels of potassium (p = 0.026). The logistic regression model for the presence of NDEs (p = 0.002) explained 46% of the variance and revealed higher partial pressures of CO2 to be an independent predictor of NDEs. The linear regression model for a higher score on the NDE scale (p = 0.001) explained 34% of the variance and revealed higher partial pressures of CO2, higher serum levels of K, and previous NDEs as independent predictors of the NDE score. Conclusions: Higher concentrations of CO2 proved significant, and higher serum levels of K might be important in the provoking of NDEs. Since these associations have not been reported before, our study adds novel information to the field of NDEs phenomena.
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Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Anoxia
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Methodology in NDE Research
Lai, C. F., Kao, T. W., Wu, M. S., Chiang, S. S., Chang, C. H., Lu, C. S., Yang, C. S., Yang, C. C., Chang, H. W., Lin, S. L., Chang, C. J., Chen, P. Y., Wu, K. D., Tsai, T. J., & Chen, W. Y. (2007). Impact of near-death experiences on dialysis patients: A multicenter collaborative study American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 50(1) 124-132.

Lai, C. F., Kao, T. W., Wu, M. S., Chiang, S. S., Chang, C. H., Lu, C. S., Yang, C. S., Yang, C. C., Chang, H. W., Lin, S. L., Chang, C. J., Chen, P. Y., Wu, K. D., Tsai, T. J., & Chen, W. Y. (2007). Impact of near-death experiences on dialysis patients: A multicenter collaborative study American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 50(1) 124-132.
Abstract: Background: People who have come close to death may report an unusual experience known as a near-death experience (NDE). This study aims to investigate NDEs and their aftereffects in dialysis patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting & Participants: 710 dialysis patients at 7 centers in Taipei, Taiwan. Predictor: Demographic characteristics, life-threatening experience, depression, and religiosity. Outcomes: NDE and self-perceived changes in attitudes or behaviors. Measurements: Greyson’s NDE scale, Royal Free Questionnaire, 10-Question Survey, Ring’s Weighted Core Experience Index, and Beck Depression Inventory. Results: 45 patients had 51 NDEs. Mean NDE score was 11.9 (95% confidence interval, 11.0 to 12.9). Out-of-body experience was found in 51.0% of NDEs. Purported precognitive visions, awareness of being dead, and “tunnel experience” were uncommon (<10%). Compared with the no-NDE group, subjects in the NDE group were more likely to be women and younger at life-threatening events. Both frequency of participation in religious ceremonies and pious religious activity correlated significantly with NDE score in patients with NDEs (p < 0.01 and p = 0.01, respectively). The NDE group reported being kinder to others (p = 0.04) and more motivated (p= 0.02) after their life-threatening events than the no-NDE group. Limitations: Determining the incidence of NDEs is dependent on self-reporting. Many NDEs occurred before the patient began long-term dialysis therapy. Causality between NDE and aftereffects cannot be inferred. Conclusions: NDE is not uncommon in the dialysis population and is associated with positive aftereffects. Nephrology care providers should be aware of the occurrence and aftereffects of NDEs. The high occurrence of life-threatening events, availability of medical records, and accessibility and cooperativeness of patients make the dialysis population very suitable for NDE research.
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Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Afterlife, Belief in
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Methodology in NDE Research
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Mays, R. G., & Mays, S. B. (2008). The phenomenology of the self-conscious mind Journal of Near-Death Studies, 27(1) 5-45.

Mays, R. G., & Mays, S. B. (2008). The phenomenology of the self-conscious mind Journal of Near-Death Studies, 27(1) 5-45.
Abstract: The phenomenon of a near-death experiencer's veridical perceptions during the out-of-body experience (OBE) stongly suggests the existence of a self-conscious mind as a "field of consciousness," a region of space where a person's consciousness exists. In the out-of-body state, the mind appears to be nonmaterial and completely independent of the physical body. Ordinarily, though, the self-conscious mind appears as an autonomous entity united with the brain and body. In this united state, the self-conscious mind operates through the mediation of the brain. This view is supported by evidence from neurological phenomena such as subjective antedating of sensory experiences and mental force. This evidence suggests that a nonneural agency induces conscious experience and self-conscious awareness. Phenomena from OBEs, including apparent subtle interactions with physical processes such a light, sound, and physical objects, as well as reported interactions with "in-body" persons, support the view that the self-conscious mind is able to interact in some physical way with the brain. Neurological phenomena such a Benjamin Libet's (1985) delayed awareness of willed action can be reconsidered successfully in light of this view. Such efforts might also prove useful, for example, in explaining phantom limb phenomena.
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Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Nelson, K. R., Mattingly, M., Lee, S. A., & Schmitt, F. A. (2006). Does the arousal system contribute to near death experience? Neurology, 66() 1003-1009.

Nelson, K. R., Mattingly, M., Lee, S. A., & Schmitt, F. A. (2006). Does the arousal system contribute to near death experience? Neurology, 66() 1003-1009.
Abstract: The neurophysiologic basis of near death experience (NDE) is unknown. Clinical observations suggest that REM state intrusion contributes to NDE. Support for the hypothesis follows five lines of evidence: REM intrusion during wakefulness is a frequent normal occurrence, REM intrusion underlies other clinical conditions, NDE elements can be explained by REM intrusion, cardiorespiratory afferents evoke REM intrusion, and persons with an NDE may have an arousal system predisposing to REM intrusion. To investigate a predisposition to REM intrusion, the life-time prevalence of REM intrusion was studied in 55 NDE subjects and compared with that in age/gender-matched control subjects. Sleep paralysis as well as sleep-related visual and auditory hallucinations were substantially more common in subjects with an NDE. These findings anticipate that under circumstances of peril, an NDE is more likely in those with previous REM intrusion. REM intrusion could promote subjective aspects of NDE and often associated syncope. Suppression of an activated locus ceruleus could be central to an arousal system predisposed to REM intrusion and NDE.
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Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Induced Chemically
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Dreams and NDEs
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Nouri, F. M., & Holden, J. M. (2008). Electromagnetic aftereffects of near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies, 27(2) 83-110.

Nouri, F. M., & Holden, J. M. (2008). Electromagnetic aftereffects of near-death experiences Journal of Near-Death Studies, 27(2) 83-110.
Abstract: Near-death experiencers (NDErs) have reported malfunction of electrical devices in their vicinities (Atwater, 1994; Bonenfant, 2005; Ring, 1992; Ring & Valarino, 2000). In this quantitative, retrospective study we investigated electromagnetic effects among NDErs, people who reported a close brush with death without an NDE, and people who reported never having been close to death but who used their most life-changing event as a past reference point. All participants completed a demographic questionnaire and two versions of the researchers-developed Electromagnetic Experiences Questionnaire: during the past year and before the designated life event. Participants who reported a close brush with death also completed the Near-Death Experience Scale (Greyson, 1983). Participants were adults with equivalent demographics: 36 NDErs, 20 nonNDErs who reported a close brush with death, and 46 people who had not been close to death. Results were a greater incidence of reported electromagnetic effects among NDErs than among participants in the other two groups; that retrospectively reported NDEs, more than close brushes with death or life-changing events, tended to mark an increase in electromagnetic effects; and that more electromagnetic effects were correlated with deeper NDEs. Implications for future research are discussed.
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Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Education Level
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs NOS
Methodology in NDE Research
Panditrao, M. M., Singh, C., & Panditrao, M. M. (2010). An unanticipated cardiac arrest and unusual post-resuscitation psycho-behavioural phenomena/near death experience in a patient with pregnancy induced hypertension and twin pregnancy undergoing elective lower segment caesarean section Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 54(5) 467-469.

Panditrao, M. M., Singh, C., & Panditrao, M. M. (2010). An unanticipated cardiac arrest and unusual post-resuscitation psycho-behavioural phenomena/near death experience in a patient with pregnancy induced hypertension and twin pregnancy undergoing elective lower segment caesarean section Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 54(5) 467-469.
Abstract: A case report of a primigravida, who was admitted with severe pregnancy induced hypertension (BP 160/122 mmHg) and twin pregnancy, is presented here. Antihypertensive therapy was initiated. Elective LSCS under general anaesthesia was planned. After the birth of both the babies, intramyometrial injections of Carboprost and Pitocin were administered. Immediately, she suffered cardiac arrest. Cardio pulmonary resucitation (CPR) was started and within 3 minutes, she was successfully resuscitated. The patient initially showed peculiar psychological changes and with passage of time, certain psycho-behavioural patterns emerged which could be attributed to near death experiences, as described in this case report.
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Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Relationships (familial, social)
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychological Profile
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Education about NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Psychopharmacology and NDEs NOS
Parnia, S. (2007). Do reports of consciouness during cardiac arrest hold the key to discovering the nature of consciousness? Medical Hyptheses, 69() 933-937.

Parnia, S. (2007). Do reports of consciouness during cardiac arrest hold the key to discovering the nature of consciousness? Medical Hyptheses, 69() 933-937.
Abstract: Perhaps the biggest challenge facing neuroscience at the dawn of the 21st century is understanding therelationship between mind, consciousness and the brain. Editorials in recent years have highlighted the difficulties faced by cognitive neuroscience in attempting to answer questions regarding the nature, as well as the mechanism by which subjective experiences and our sense of consciousness may arise through neuronal processes. Current scientific views regarding the origin of consciousness vary widely and range from an ‘epiphenomenon’ arising from neuronal networks, to neuronal quantum processes, to a separate undiscovered scientific entity. Although there has been a lack of experimental studies to test these theories, recent studies have indicated that the study of the human mind during cardiac arrest may hold the key to solving the mystery of consciousness. Four published prospective studies of cardiac arrest survivors have demonstrated that paradoxically human mind and consciousness may continue to function during cardiac arrest. This is despite the well demonstrated finding that cerebral functioning as measured by electrical activity of the brain ceases during cardiac arrest, thus raising the possibility that human mind and consciousness may continue to function in the absence of brain function. In this article the broad theories for the causation of consciousness are reviewed as well as a novel method to study consciousness during cardiac arrest. This may provide a unique experimental method to determine the nature of human mind and consciousness as well as its relationship with the brain.
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Altered States and NDEs
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Parnia, S., Spearpoint, K., & Fenwick, P. B. (2007). Near death experiences, cognitive function and psychological outcomes of surviving cardiac arrest Resuscitation, 74(2) 215-221.

Parnia, S., Spearpoint, K., & Fenwick, P. B. (2007). Near death experiences, cognitive function and psychological outcomes of surviving cardiac arrest Resuscitation, 74(2) 215-221.
Abstract: Cardiac arrest is associated with a number of cognitive processes as well as long term psychological outcomes. Recent studies have indicated that approximately 10—20% of cardiac arrest survivors report cognitive processes, including the ability to recall specific details of their resuscitation from the period of cardiac arrest. In addition it has been demonstrated that these cognitive processes are consistent with the previously described near death experience and that those who have these experiences are left with long term positive life enhancing effects. There have also been numerous studies that have indicated that although the quality of life for cardiac arrest survivors is generally good, some are left with long term cognitive impairments as well as psychological sequelae such as post-traumatic stress disorder. This paper will review near death experiences, cognitive function and psychological outcomes in survivors of cardiac arrest.
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Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Altered States and NDEs
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Pasricha, S. K. (2008). Near-death experiences in India: Prevalence and new features Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(4) 267-282.

Pasricha, S. K. (2008). Near-death experiences in India: Prevalence and new features Journal of Near-Death Studies, 26(4) 267-282.
Abstract: In order to learn about the prevalence rate in a larger Indian population and to explore new features of near-death experiences (NDEs), I systematically surveyed 60 villages in southern India covering a population of 36,100 persons. The prevalence rate was 4 cases per 10,000 persons. Unlike the Western studies that have been generally conducted in hospital settings, the present study was conducted in the community setting. I systematically studied new features of visibility in the other realms, the experience of bright but soothing light, sensation of a cave, extrasensory experiences, and attitude toward life and death. In spite of different locations (community versus hospital) of the experiencers at the time of NDEs in the Indian and Western cases, common features across cultures suggest the presence of some universality of features, lending support to my earlier thesis that commonalty in features is indicative of a genuine phenomenon underlying NDEs.
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Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, Precognition
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Cross-Cultural NDEs (outside the U.S.)—non-Western
Methodology in NDE Research
Rominger, R. (2010). Postcards from heaven and hell: Understanding the near-death experience through art Art Therapy: Journal of the American Therapy Association, 27(1) 18-25.

Rominger, R. (2010). Postcards from heaven and hell: Understanding the near-death experience through art Art Therapy: Journal of the American Therapy Association, 27(1) 18-25.
Abstract: Art making offers the opportunity to reflect upon ineffable experiences, including those surrounding death and dying. This article examines the artwork of two research participants who each reported a near-death experience (NDE). A transpersonal model was used to elicit the narratives and artwork of two individuals: one who experienced a pleasant NDE and one who experienced a distressing NDE. The author concludes that understanding the similarities and differences between pleasant and distressing NDEs may help to facilitate a better therapeutic alliance with this population and provide greater potential for client growth and transformation.
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Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Relationships (familial, social)
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Children-Adolescents
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Religious Affiliations
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Increased Knowledge, Thoughts
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Circumstances of NDEs—Accident
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Psychological
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Spiritual (chaplains, clergy)
Interpretations of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological NOS
Rousseau, D. (2011). Near-Death Experiences and the Mind-Body Relationship: A Systems- Theoretical Perspective Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(3) 399-435.

Rousseau, D. (2011). Near-Death Experiences and the Mind-Body Relationship: A Systems- Theoretical Perspective Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(3) 399-435.
Abstract: In this paper I support the view that NDEs provide empirical support for mind-body substance dualism and argue that a systems-theoretical analysis of the evidence is required to obtain valid insights into the nature of the mind as a substantial object existing in addition to the body. Without such an approach, systems phenomena such as property emergence and property masking could lead to mischaracterization of both the nature of the mind itself and the ways in which the mind and body work together holistically. Applying a systems-theoretical perspective, I show that some psychic abilities are emergent capacities of the mind-body system, that ordinary faculties such as emotional perceptiveness can be understood within the same framework as extraordinary faculties such as telepathy, and that NDE evidence favors a naturalistic form of Substance Dualism.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Parapsychological
Explanations of NDEs—Philosophical
Explanations of NDEs—Psychological
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Theories, NDE-Related, Psychological NOS
Sartori, P., Badham, P., & Fenwick, P. (2006). A prospectively studied near-death experience with corroborated out-of-body perceptions and unexplained healing Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(2) 69-84.

Sartori, P., Badham, P., & Fenwick, P. (2006). A prospectively studied near-death experience with corroborated out-of-body perceptions and unexplained healing Journal of Near-Death Studies, 25(2) 69-84.
Abstract: There are reports of veridical out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and healing occurring during near-death experiences (NDEs). We report a case in which there was strong evidence for both healing and veridical OBE. The patient's experience was thought to have occurred while he was unconscious in an intensive therapy unit (ITU). The patient's account of an OBE contained many veridical elements that were corroborated by the medical team attending his medical emergency. He had suffered from a claw hand and hemiplegic gait since birth. After the experience he was able to open his hand and his gait showed a marked improvement.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Physical Changes
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Perception of Time
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Involuntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Circumstances of NDEs—Time Elapse
Disclosure of NDEs
Healing and NDEs—Physical
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Interpretations of NDEs
Mental Processes and NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopathology and NDEs—Hallucinations
Veridical Perception during NDEs
van Lommel, P. (2006). Near-death experience, consciousness, and the brain: A new concept about the continuity of our consciousness based on recent scientific research on near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest World Futures, 62(1/2) 134-151.

van Lommel, P. (2006). Near-death experience, consciousness, and the brain: A new concept about the continuity of our consciousness based on recent scientific research on near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest World Futures, 62(1/2) 134-151.
Abstract: In this article first some general aspects of near-death experience will be discussed, followed by questions about consciousness and its relation to brain function. Details will be described from our prospective study on near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest in the Netherlands, which was published in the Lancet in 2001. In this study it could not be shown that physiological, psychological, or pharmacological factors caused these experiences after cardiac arrest. Neurophysiology in cardiac arrest and in a normal functioning brain will be explained. Finally, implications for consciousness studies will be discussed, and how it could be possible to explain the continuity of our consciousness. Scientific study of NDE pushes us to the limits of our medical and neurophysiologic ideas about the range of human consciousness and mind–brain relation.
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Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs NOS
Mental Processes and NDEs
Science and NDEs
Wilde, D. J., & Murray, C. D. (2009). The evolving self: Finding meaning in near-death experiences using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Mental Health, Religion & Culture, (3) 223-239.

Wilde, D. J., & Murray, C. D. (2009). The evolving self: Finding meaning in near-death experiences using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Mental Health, Religion & Culture, (3) 223-239.
Abstract: Near-death experiences (NDEs) have become a topic of increasing interest to medical and psychological researchers over the last 35 years. During the course of this research agenda, several studies have focused on the phenomenology of the experience and its after-effects, mostly from a nomothetic stance. The aim of this study was to investigate the experience of having an NDE and what meaning NDErs attribute to that experience and its resultant after-effects by taking an idiographic, phenomenological approach. Three female participants took part in recorded face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis found that to more deeply understand the impact of NDEs it is crucial to consider how the experience fits within the biographical context of an individual’s life. Rather than being an overall influence on personal and spiritual growth, individuals may choose elements of an experience which are most personally meaningful for them and take that into their later lives. Each participant in some way came to a new understanding in their lives as a result of their NDE. In addition, the process of integration was helped or hindered by physical and psychological factors concomitant at the time of the NDE. Also evident were the challenges the NDE, or elements therein, have on the individual’s sense of self and how they maintain and develop that self in the years succeeding the event.
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Topics:
Accounts of NDEs—Autobiographical
Accounts of NDEs—Biographical, Cases
Aftereffects of NDEs—Cognitive
Aftereffects of NDEs—Emotional
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Death
Aftereffects of NDEs—Orientation to Life
Aftereffects of NDEs—Paranormal Phenomena
Aftereffects of NDEs—Religion
Aftereffects of NDEs—Relationships (familial, social)
Aftereffects of NDEs—Sense of Self, Psychological and Physical
Aftereffects of NDEs NOS
Characteristics of NDErs—Age, Adults
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDErs—Marital Status
Characteristics of NDErs—Psychic Abilities
Characteristics of NDErs NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Distressing
Characteristics of NDEs—Emotions, Pleasurable
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Deceased or Living
Characteristics of NDEs—Encountering Beings, Spiritual
Characteristics of NDEs—Life Review
Characteristics of NDEs—Light, Mystical
Characteristics of NDEs—Otherworldly Environments
Characteristics of NDEs—Parapsychological Phenomena, ESP
Characteristics of NDEs—Return, Voluntary
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Characteristics of NDEs—Tunnel Experiences
Characteristics of NDEs NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Disclosure of NDEs
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Spiritual (chaplains, clergy)
Interpretations of NDEs
Methodology in NDE Research
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Reactions to NDEr—by Family, Spouse
Woerlee, G. M. (2011). Could Pam Reynolds Hear? A New Investigation into this Famous Near-Death Experience Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 3-25.

Woerlee, G. M. (2011). Could Pam Reynolds Hear? A New Investigation into this Famous Near-Death Experience Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 3-25.
Abstract: The well-known Pam Reynolds near-death experience (NDE) occurred at the Barrow Neurological Institute during a medically well-documented period, which is why many people regard it as proof of the reality of a separable immaterial conscious mind. In this article, I use information from related publications from the Barrow to fill in lacunae in the published medical documentation of this apparently amazing NDE. Furthermore, I present the case that the four veridical auditory perceptions Reynolds reported can be explained by her ability to hear during periods of conscious awareness while under the influence of the combination of drugs employed to provide general anesthesia during the operation on her giant basilar artery aneurysm.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs
Woerlee, G. M. (2011). Rejoinder to Responses to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 54-61.

Woerlee, G. M. (2011). Rejoinder to Responses to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 54-61.
Abstract:
In this article I provide a rejoinder to Stuart Hameroff’s and Chris Carter’s responses to my article, “Could Pam Reynolds Hear?” (2011, this issue). I address some specifics of anesthesiology and neurosurgical technique to maintain my contention that Reynolds could hear through normal physical processes during her near-death experience.
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Link: http://www.iands.org
Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs

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