Parapsychological phenomena near the time of death

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 30-37

  Barbato, Michael ^a   Blunden, Cathy ^a   Reid, Kerry ^a   Irwin, Harvey ^b   Rodriguez, Paul ^a  

^a St Joseph's Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DEATH; DREAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HALLUCINATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COUNSELING; DEATH; DREAMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HALLUCINATIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033144293     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585979901500206     Document Type: Review

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