The Near-Death Experience as a Dissociative Phenomenon: An Empirical Assessment (open access)

The Near-Death Experience as a Dissociative Phenomenon: An Empirical Assessment

Study seeking to assess the hypothesis that near-death experiencers are characterized by a dissociative response style engendered by severely traumatic childhood experiences.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: Irwin, Harvey J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Death and Renewal in The Velveteen Rabbit: A Sociological Reading (open access)

Death and Renewal in The Velveteen Rabbit: A Sociological Reading

Article providing a sociological interpretation of The Velveteen Rabbit critical of recent materialist and psychoanalytic readings, and arguing that this children's story exemplifies the use of a non-materialistic idea of death to suggest other themes about love and life, and discuss implications for near-death research.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Kellehear, Allan
System: The UNT Digital Library