Near-death studies is a field of psychology and psychiatry that studies the physiology, phenomenology and after-effects of the near-death experience (NDE)...

A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death, which researchers describe as having similar...

The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published by the International...

for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) is a nonprofit organization based in Durham, North Carolina in the United States, associated with near-death studies. The...

A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone who is near death. It is caused by an accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial...

A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the...

near-death experience researcher. During his research of near-death experiences, known as near-death studies, he has documented many accounts of near-death...

In the HBO series In Treatment a patient, Alex, talks about having a near death experience where he felt scared to have an erection since it would mean...

research that studies a number of ostensible paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences...

professor who specializes in near-death experiences said in a study that patients have a stop in brain activity but still have near-death experiences. Psychology...

include the Journal of Parapsychology, Journal of Near-Death Studies, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, and...

Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics...

registered as an organ donor. In the United States, if the patient is at or near death, the hospital must notify a designated Organ Procurement Organization...

Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Pub. ISBN 1571741437. Miller, Sukie (1998). After Death: How People Around the World Map the Journey After Life (1st Touchstone ed...

psychomanteum was popularized by Raymond Moody, originator of the term near-death experience, in his 1993 book, Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed...

In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and...

they are warm and dead." In animal studies, up to three hours of clinical death can be survived at temperatures near 0 °C. The purpose of cardiopulmonary...

Dignified death, death with dignity, dying with dignity or dignity in dying is an ethical concept aimed at avoiding suffering and maintaining control and...

Death from laughter is an extremely rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a...

Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced...

termed the "Invisible Death." This shift occurred gradually over the years until most deaths now occur outside the home. Death studies is a field within psychology...

classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (German: Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors...

date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths. An official death certificate is usually required to be provided...

of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are...

A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people. These threats are often...

Accidental deaths in the United States An accidental death is an unnatural death that is caused by an accident, such as a slip and fall, traffic collision...

Descent Into Death, which chronicles his near-death experience. Storm's near-death experience has been cited in literature on near-death studies, and his...

were subject to death marches; after enduring a period of captivity near Stalingrad, they were sent by the Soviet authorities on a "death march across the...

A death knell is the ringing of a church bell to announce the death of a person. Historically,[where?][when?] it was the second of three bells rung around...

λόγος meaning "the study of". The term was initially coined to broadly define investigations of the changes that accompany cell death, detected and measured...