Near-Death Experiences
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine February 1, 1996 DOI: 10.1177/014107689608900204 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Citations | 55 |
| Key findings | After twenty years of research, neither the view that NDEs are evidence for life after death nor the view that they are drug-induced hallucinations or inventions is correct. |
Abstract
Reactions to claims of near-death experiences (NDE) range from the popular view that this must be evidence for life after death, to outright rejection of the experiences as, at best, drug induced hallucinations or, at worse, pure invention. Twenty years, and much research, later, it is clear that neither extreme is correct.