Community attitudes toward near-death experiences: A Chinese study
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Community Attitudes Toward Near Death Experiences: A Chinese Study
In a survey of Chinese attitudes toward near-death experiences (NDEs), 197 respondents were read a hypothetical description of an NDE and asked to choose from a range of explanations and social reactions that might approximate their own. Fifty-eight percent of respondents believed that NDEs were probably hallucinations or dreams. Less than nine percent believed the NDE was evidence of life afte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Near-Death Studies
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0891-4494,1573-3661
DOI: 10.1007/bf01074001