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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > process of dying > near-death experiences
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > process of dying > near-death experiences
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > process of dying > near-death experiences

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near-death experiences  

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  • Because of 20th-century advancements in resuscitation technology, people in numbers unprecedented in human history were returning from the brink of death reporting distinct psychological experiences with transcendental and mystical features that profoundly changed them. In 1975, psychiatrist and philosopher Raymond Moody Jr. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Near-Death Experiences]

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