The Near-Death Experience in Children: Shades of the Prison-House Reopening

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Abstract: "Some critics have argued that the near-death experience (NDE) is merely a culturally conditioned response to a life crisis, a reflection of expectations engendered by education, religious training, social mores, and family traditions. A review of seventeen accounts of NDEs in children, including two youngsters still in childhood, indicates that NDEs that occur at early ages appear to be substantially similar in content to adult experiences. These accounts suggest that cultural conditioning is not a primary determinant of NDE contents."

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177-193 p. ; 23 cm.

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Bush, Nancy Evans December 1983.

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  • Bush, Nancy Evans International Association for Near-Death Studies, Storrs, Connecticut

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Abstract: "Some critics have argued that the near-death experience (NDE) is merely a culturally conditioned response to a life crisis, a reflection of expectations engendered by education, religious training, social mores, and family traditions. A review of seventeen accounts of NDEs in children, including two youngsters still in childhood, indicates that NDEs that occur at early ages appear to be substantially similar in content to adult experiences. These accounts suggest that cultural conditioning is not a primary determinant of NDE contents."

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177-193 p. ; 23 cm.

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  • Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, 3(2), International Association for Near-Death Studies, December 1983, pp. 177-193

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  • Publication Title: Anabiosis
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 177
  • Page End: 193
  • Pages: 17

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Journal of Near-Death Studies

The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983 (Journal/Magazine/Newsletter)

Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, December 1983

Semi-annual journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.

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Bush, Nancy Evans. The Near-Death Experience in Children: Shades of the Prison-House Reopening, article, December 1983; Storrs, Connecticut. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798982/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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