The handbook of near-death experiences :  thirty years of investigation / 
edited by Janice Miner Holden, Bruce Greyson, and Debbie James ; foreword by Kenneth Ring. 
 - Santa Barbara, Calif. :  Praeger Publishers,  c2009. 
 - xv, 316 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-302) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The field of near-death studies : past, present, and future / Janice Miner Holden, Bruce Greyson, and Debbie James -- Pleasurable Western adult near-death experiences : features, circumstances, and incidence / Nancy L. Zingrone and Carlos S. Alvarado -- Aftereffects of pleasurable Western adult near-death experiences / Russell Noyes, Jr. ... [et al.] -- Distressing Western near-death experiences : finding a way through the abyss / Nancy Evans Bush -- "Trailing clouds of glory" : the near-death experiences of Western children and teens / Cherie Sutherland -- Characteristics of Western near-death experiences / Janice Miner Holden, Jeffrey Long, and B. Jason MacLurg -- Census of non-Western near-death experiences to 2005 : observations and critical reflections / Allan Kellehear -- World religions and near-death experiences / Farnaz Masumian -- Veridical perception in near-death experiences / Janice Miner Holden -- Explanatory models for near-death experiences / Bruce Greyson, Emily Williams Kelly, and Edward F. Kelly -- Practical applications of research on near-death experiences / Ryan D. Foster, Debbie James, and Janice Miner Holden. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780313358647 (alk. paper) 0313358648 (alk. paper) 9780313358654 (ebk.) 0313358656 (ebk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009011646 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA947188  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015180961  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Near-death experiences.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF1045.N4  / H36 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>133.901/3