TY - BOOK AU - Holden,Janice Miner AU - Greyson,Bruce AU - James,Debbie TI - The handbook of near-death experiences: thirty years of investigation SN - 9780313358647 (alk. paper) AV - BF1045.N4 H36 2009 U1 - 133.901/3 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Santa Barbara, Calif. PB - Praeger Publishers KW - Near-death experiences N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-302) and indexes; 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 ER -