Hospice Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Near-Death Experience (open access)

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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (open access)

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
God and the God-Image: An Extended Reflection (open access)

God and the God-Image: An Extended Reflection

Abstract: This paper examines the parallels between my anesthetic-related near-death experience and Rudolph Otto's description of numinous states. I discuss Otto's arguments about such perceptions and their implications, and explore internal numinous processes such as they might be seen through Carl Jung's psychology.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Leighton, Sally M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Retrospective Accounts of Childhood Near-Death Experiences with Contemporary Pediatric Near-Death Experience Accounts (open access)

A Comparison of Retrospective Accounts of Childhood Near-Death Experiences with Contemporary Pediatric Near-Death Experience Accounts

Study comparing five childhood near-death experiences (NDEs) reported by adults and another five NDEs reported by minors, in terms of Ring's five NDE stages, Greyson's four NDE components, Moody and Perry's 12 NDE traits, Sabom's 16 general characteristics, and Gallup and Proctor's 10 basic positive experiences.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Serdahely, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guest Editorial: The Examination of Labels - A Beginning (open access)

Guest Editorial: The Examination of Labels - A Beginning

Article addressing the problem of unclear terminology for the study of anomalies. Researchers have used the term "near-death experience" to describe four different kinds of incidents. To avoid confusion, new labels are needed for experiences that differ in their relationship to death and near-death and their transformative potential.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Smith, Robert P.
System: The UNT Digital Library