"Trailing clouds of glory": The near-death experiences of western children and teens

The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-107

  Sutherland, Cherie ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

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