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Explanation of near-death experiences: a systematic analysis of case reports and qualitative research

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Background and objectiveSome individuals report a near-death experience (NDE) after a life-threatening crisis, which refers to a range of subjective experiences related to impending death.
Amirhossein Hashemi, Ali Akbar Oroojan, Maryam Rassouli, Hadis Ashrafizadeh   +3 more
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Factors influencing the experience of the terminal phase and the grieving process: the primary caregiver’s perspective [PDF]

, 2014
Theoretical framework: The experience of the terminal phase and death by patients and caregivers is influenced by multiple factors. This study aimed at understanding this experience from the primary caregiver’s perspective.
Barbosa, António, Nunes, Lucília, Pazes, Maria Catarina Estevens   +2 more
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The Near-Death Experience: A Reality Check?

Humanities, 2016
This paper critically reviews assertions that near-death and out-of-body experiences (ND/OBE) offer proof of extra-corporeal existence when the brain is supposedly “dead”.
Michael N. Marsh
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Religious and near-death experience in relation to belief in a future life [PDF]

, 1997
Christian belief in a future life was historically based on theistic religious experience. Today Near-death Experiences (NDEs) are more often cited. Exceptional reports of NDEs go back to the dawn of history but modern medicine has democratised them ...
Badham, Paul
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Comparison of psychedelic and near-death or other non-ordinary experiences in changing attitudes about death and dying.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Both psychedelic drug experiences and near-death experiences can occasion changes in perspectives on death and dying, but there have been few direct comparisons of these phenomena.
Mary M Sweeney, Sandeep Nayak, Ethan S Hurwitz, Lisa N Mitchell, T Cody Swift, Roland R Griffiths   +5 more
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Incidence of near-death experiences in patients surviving a prolonged critical illness and their long-term impact: a prospective observational study

Critical Care, 2023
Background So far, the few prospective studies on near-death experience (NDE) were carried out only in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with homogeneous aetiologies, such as cardiac arrest or trauma survivors.
Anne-Françoise Rousseau, Laurence Dams, Quentin Massart, Laila Choquer, Héléna Cassol, Steven Laureys, Benoit Misset, Nadia Dardenne, Olivia Gosseries, Charlotte Martial   +9 more
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Losing the Self in Near-Death Experiences: The Experience of Ego-Dissolution

Brain Sciences, 2021
Many people who have had a near-death experience (NDE) describe, as part of it, a disturbed sense of having a “distinct self”. However, no empirical studies have been conducted to explore the frequency or intensity of these effects.
Charlotte Martial, Géraldine Fontaine, Olivia Gosseries, Robin Carhart-Harris, Christopher Timmermann, Steven Laureys, Héléna Cassol   +6 more
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Rating the Persuasiveness of Empirical Evidence for the Survival of Consciousness After Bodily Death: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2023
Objective. Throughout history and across all cultures, many people have believed in some form of afterlife. Recent surveys show that most people worldwide believe they will survive after bodily death.
Helane Wahbeh, Arnaud Delorme, Dean Radin   +2 more
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From "Special K" to "Special M" : The Evolution of the Recreational use of Ketamine and Methoxetamine [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: To review the recreational use of ketamine (‘Special K’; KET) and explore the recent diffusion of its new derivative methoxetamine (‘Special M’; MXE).
Assi, Sulaf, Corazza, Ornella, Schifano, Fabrizio   +2 more
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Developing effective child death review : a study of ‘early starter’ child death overview panels in England [PDF]

, 2011
Aim This qualitative study of a small number of child death overview panels aimed to observe and describe their experience in implementing new child death review processes, and making prevention recommendations.
Basarab-Horwath, Janet Anne, Fox, John, Powell, Catherine, Sidebotham, Peter   +3 more
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