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A systematic analysis of NDE case reports and research.
This study looked at all the NDE case reports and research studies published in all languages between 1980 and 2022. A total of 2,407 studies were examined. These were critically appraised and evaluated for relevance, quality, validity and methodology using standardised tools. A final list of 54 studies exploring the experiences of 465 people was…
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Experience of cardiac arrest survival. In-depth interviews with 8 Greek Cypriots.
Article: The living experience of surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and spiritual meaning making Author(s): Maria Aristidou, Maria Karanikola et al.Date published: 21 April 2023Journal: Nursing Open. Link to full article: The living experience of surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and spiritual meaning making This study examines the experiences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors within the specific…
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Do cardiac arrest survivors who have NOT had an NDE have equally significant changes in life attitudes?
One theme that is often seen in reports of NDE is a significant, sustained & transformational re-evaluation and/or re-alignment of life view paradigms following the event. Typically, these changes involve the following domains: Source: Persistence of Attitude Changes After Near-Death Experiences (pdf) This raises the question, do similar life view changes occur in people who…
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A comparison of psychedelic drugs and NDEs in changing perspectives on death and dying.
Title: Comparison of psychedelic and near-death or other non-ordinary experiences in changing attitudes about death and dying.Author(s): Mary M Sweeney et al.Journal: PLOS ONEPublication date: August 2022Link to full paper. Both the therapeutic use of psychedelic medicines and the event of a near-death experience (NDE) have been shown in previous studies to reduce death anxiety…
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The number of Intensive Care patients who experience NDEs might be higher than we think.
Article: Incidence of near-death experiences in patients surviving a prolonged critical illness and their long-term impact: a prospective observational study.Author(s): Anne-Francoise Rousseau et al.Journal: Critical CareDate published: Feburary 2023Link to full paper. It would make sense that with more people surviving severe illness and trauma in our intensive care units (ICUs), there would be a…
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Can recalled experiences of Death (RED) be explained as just brain activity between clinical death and brain death?
Paper: Neuro-functional modeling of near-death experiences in contexts of altered states of consciousness.Author(s): Raymond Romand and Gunter EhretJournal: Frontiers in PsychologyLink to full article. In this paper, Romand and Ehret look at the phenomenon of RED or near-death experience as simply an epiphenomenon due to the neuro-functioning of the brain at the time of death.As…
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