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The Near-death Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Glenn Roberts  and
John Owen
Glenn Roberts*
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital
John Owen
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, presently at Laurundel Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
*
∗Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1DD
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 5 , November 1988 , pp. 607 - 617
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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