Consistency of near-death experience accounts over two decades: Are reports embellished over time?

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-411

  Greyson, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Memory; Near death experience; Post resuscitation period; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34248579284     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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