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Development of the Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire

Article explaining a questionnaire used to study nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward near-death phenomena and patients who have experienced them, as well as the development of a revised questionnaire that is more valid and reliable.

Date: Summer 1988

Creator: Thornburg, Nina R.

Item Type: Article

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Hospice Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Near-Death Experience

Study surveying 60 hospice nurses regarding their knowledge and attitudes toward the near-death experience (NDE), using Thornburg's Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire.

Date: Summer 1991

Creator: Barnett, Linda

Item Type: Article

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Hospital Nurses in Italy Related to Near-Death Experiences

Study assessing the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in Italy toward near-death experiences (NDEs), through use of Nina Thornburg's Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire.

Date: Autumn 2001

Creator: Cunico, Laura

Item Type: Article

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Near-Death Experiences in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Article describing the results of a two-phase descriptive study intended 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 the types of NDE experienced most commonly during CPR, and to describe views of helpful nursing responses to reports of NDEs.

Date: Summer 1991

Creator: Schoenbeck, Susan Boykoff & Hocutt, Gerald D.

Item Type: Article

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The Nature and Meaning of the Near-Death Experience for Patients and Critical Care Nurses

Study designed to develop a conceptual framework for the near-death experience (NDE), reflecting its nature and meaning for the patient and the critical care nurse. The study used naturalistic inquiry to examine the question: What is the nature and meaning of an NDE and how has it influenced the individual's view of the self, the future, and feelings and beliefs about life and death?

Date: Spring 2003

Creator: Morris, Linda L. & Knafl, Kathleen

Item Type: Article

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Unexpected Findings in a Study of Visual Perception During the Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experience

Study of visual perception during the naturalistic near-death out-of-body experience (nND OBE), that aspect of the NDE in which the experiencer seems to view normal physical surroundings from a vantage point outside the physical body, which yielded some unexpected findings that contradicted or augmented previous research. Each of these findings is discussed relative to previous research and analyzed in light of the limitations of the current study.

Date: Spring 1989

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner

Item Type: Article

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Near-Death Verdicality Research in the Hospital Setting: Problems and Promise

Study of near-death verdicality in the hospital setting. The paper describes problems, both anticipated and unanticipated, that were encountered. Based on the successes and failures of this undertaking, recommendations for future research of this type are presented.

Date: Autumn 1990

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner & Joesten, Leroy

Item Type: Article

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Visual Perception During Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experiences

Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.

Date: Winter 1988

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner

Item Type: Article

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Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences

Study investigating electromagnetic effects among near-death experiencers (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.

Date: Winter 2008

Creator: Mouri, Farnoosh M. & Holden, Janice Miner

Item Type: Article

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Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response

Article acknowledging the viability and potential value of the hypothesis underlying articles suggesting a relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and the body's arousal system, but also identifying substantial weaknesses in both the presented lines of evidence and the studies.

Date: Spring 2007

Creator: Long, Jeffrey & Holden, Janice Miner

Item Type: Article

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More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features"

Article offering alternative arguments and conclusions to those Keith Augustine offered regarding discrepancies between some near-death experiencers' (NDErs') reports of events they perceived during their NDEs and objective information available about those events.

Date: Autumn 2007

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner

Item Type: Article

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The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature

Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.

Date: Autumn 2005

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner & Christian, Rozan

Item Type: Article

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Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest

Article exploring the reasons why near-death experiences may not occur during induced cardiac arrest.

Date: Winter 2006

Creator: Greyson, Bruce; Holden, Janice Miner & Mounsey, J. Paul

Item Type: Article

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Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain?

Article presenting arguments supporting the conclusion that the subtitle claims of an article published in "Nature" were not well-founded and that much research remains to be conducted to unravel the mystery of out-of-body experiences.

Date: Winter 2006

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner; Long, Jeffrey & MacLurg, Jason

Item Type: Article

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Effect on Emotional Well-Being of Hypnotic Recall of the Near-Death Experience

Article reporting the preliminary finding of overwhelming psychological benefit of hypnotic recall of near-death experiences, and discussing implications for future research.

Date: Summer 1996

Creator: Holden, Janice Miner

Item Type: Article

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Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 7, Number 3, Spring 1989

Quarterly 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.

Date: Spring 1989

Creator: Greyson, Bruce

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

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