The Nature and Meaning of the Near-Death Experience for Patients and Critical Care Nurses (open access)

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
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Quantum Biomechanical Basis for Near-Death Life Reviews (open access)

A Quantum Biomechanical Basis for Near-Death Life Reviews

Article introducing the unifying paradigm of the quantum hologram as a non-local carrier of information, and investigating the interrelated phenomena of non-local communications and the electromagnetic zero-point field.
Date: Spring 2003
Creator: Beck, Thomas E. & Colli, Janet E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Near-Death Experience and Christian Universalism (open access)

The Near-Death Experience and Christian Universalism

Article exploring the near-death experience (NDE) in the context of the theology of Christian Universalism. The article provides data on various models of Christian theology, and presents the model of Restorative Universalism as the one most compatible with reports of afterlife in the NDE.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Vincent, Ken R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
At the Edge of Eternity's Shadows: Scaling the Fractal Continuum from Lower into Higher Space (open access)

At the Edge of Eternity's Shadows: Scaling the Fractal Continuum from Lower into Higher Space

Article addressing the hyperspatial implications of the fractal-scaling scheme, including several case studies.
Date: Summer 2003
Creator: Greene, F. Gordon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery From Bulimia Nervosa Through Near-Death Experience: A Case Study (open access)

Recovery From Bulimia Nervosa Through Near-Death Experience: A Case Study

Article presenting one woman's story as a paradigmatic healing process that illustrates an attempted suicide, her near-death experience (NDE), and subsequent recovery from bulimia nervosa.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Colli, Janet E. & Beck, Thomas E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hyperdimensional Perspectives in Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Hyperdimensional Perspectives in Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

Article examining the possibility of additional dimensions (hyperdimensions), what they would seem like, and whether they seem to be described by the unusual visual perspectives found in out-of-body and near-death experience accounts, as well as examining some implications of a hyperdimensional model of the universe.
Date: Summer 2003
Creator: Brumblay, Robert J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Validity and Reliability of the Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6) (open access)

Validity and Reliability of the Near-Death Experience Scale-6 (NDE-6)

Research study reporting the development and psychometric properties of a 6-item Near-Death Experience Scale (NDE-6) drawn largely from the 16-item parent scale. This short form evidenced adequate test-retest reliability and internal consistency, as well as construct validity. The index shows promise for use in research and as a screening scale in clinical contexts.
Date: Winter 2003
Creator: Prosnick, Kevin P. & Evans, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences (open access)

In a Sacred Manner We Died: Native American Near-Death Experiences

Article presenting 11 historical Native American near-death experiences from the 1600s to the early 20th century as they appeared in the accounts of early explorers, autobiographical records, and ethnographic accounts.
Date: Winter 2003
Creator: Wade, Jenny
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response to "A New Perspective on the Afterlife Issue" (open access)

Response to "A New Perspective on the Afterlife Issue"

Article responding to V. Krishnan's argument that the phenomenon of children who claim to remember previous lives indicates that an inanimate recording of a person's mental activity at the time of death persists in the local area after he or she dies. According to the author, several areas of empirical evidence conflict with this hypothesis.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Tucker, Jim B.
System: The UNT Digital Library