

What is the first-person experience of dying and being brought back to life? Technological advances in resuscitation science have now added an intriguing new chapter to the literature of out-of-body or near-death experiences by eliciting detailed and vivid accounts of those who have approached the threshold of death.

7 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New Yorkįor millennia, human beings have wondered what happens after death. 6 University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky. 5 Orthopedic Associates, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 4 The Broadmoor Special Hospital for Violent Offenders, Berkshire, England.

A N N A L S O F T H E N E W Y O R K A C A D E M Y O F SC I E N C E S Issue: Rethinking Mortality: Exploring the Boundaries between Life and DeathĮxperiencing death: an insider’s perspective Steve Paulson,1 Peter Fenwick,2,3,4 Mary Neal,5 Kevin Nelson,6 and Sam Parnia7 1 Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, Wisconsin.
