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The near-death experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Karl L. R. Jansen*
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, University of Auckland Medical School, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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