Do prevailing societal models influence reports of near-death experiences? A comparison of accounts reported before and after 1975

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-222

  Athappilly, Geena K ^a   Greyson, Bruce ^b   Stevenson, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural variation; Culture; Near death experience; Societal beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33645101707     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000202513.65079.1e     Document Type: Article

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