The science of near-death experiences / edited by John C. Hagan III, MD.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The science of near-death experience : the most comprehensive study in the world's medical peer-reviewed literature / John C. Hagan -- Near-death experiences : an essay in medicine and philosophy -- An overview of near-death experiences / Bruce Greyson -- Out of one's mind or beyond the brain? : the challenge of interpreting near-death experiences / Dean Radin -- Dutch prospective research on near-death experiences during cardiac arrest / Pim von Lommel -- My unimaginable journey : a physician's near-death experience / Jean Renee Hausheer -- My near-death experience : a call from God / Tony Cicoria -- Near-death experiences : evidence for their reality -- Apparently non-physical veridical perception in near-death experiences / Janice Miner Holden -- Through the eyes of a child : near-death experiences in the young / Penny Sartori -- Distressing near-death experiences : the basics / Nancy Evans Bush & Bruce Greyson -- Near-death experiences : the mind-body debate & the nature of reality / Eben Alexander -- Neuroscience perspectives on near-death experiences / Kevin Nelson -- Near-death experiences and the emerging scientific view of consciousness / Eben Alexander.

"What happens to consciousness during the act of dying? The most compelling answers come from people who almost die and later recall events that occurred while lifesaving resuscitation, emergency care, or surgery was performed. These events are now called near-death experiences (NDEs). As medical and surgical skills improve, innovative procedures can bring back patients who have traveled farther on the path to death than at any other time in history. Physicians and healthcare professionals must learn how to appropriately treat patients who report an NDE. It is estimated that more than 10 million people in the United States have experienced an NDE. Hagan and the contributors to this volume engage in evidence-based research on near-death experiences and include physicians who themselves have undergone a near-death experience. This book establishes a new paradigm for NDEs."-- Provided by publisher.

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