Journal of Near-Death Studies

Vol. 16 No. 1, Fall 1997

• Editor's Foreword: Bruce Greyson, M.D.
• The Ketamine Model of the NDE: A Central Role for the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor by Karl L. R. Jansen, M.D., Ph.D., M.R.C.Psych.
• Endogenous Ketamine-Like Compounds and the NDE: If So. So What? by Rick J. Strassman, M.D.
• Is the NDE Only N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Blocking? by Peter Fenwick, M.D., F.R.C.Psych.
• Which Comes First? Consciousness or Aspartate Receptors? by Igor Kungurtsev, M.D.
• Commentary on Jansen's Paper by Melvin L. Morse, M.D.
• Discussion of `The Ketamine Model of the NDE: A Central Role for the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor,' by Karl L.R. Jansen by Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D. & Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
• Comments on `The Ketamine Model of the NDE: A Central Role for the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor' by Antonio Bianchi, M.D.
• Response to Commentaries on `The Ketamine Model of the NDE...' by Karl L. R. Jansen, M.D., Ph.D., M.R.C.Psych.

Vol. 16 No. 2, Winter 1997

• Editor's Foreword: Bruce Greyson, M.D.
• Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind: A Study of Apparent Eyeless Vision by Kenneth Ring, Ph.D. & Sharon Cooper, M.A.
• Amazing Grace: The Healing Effects of Near-Death Experiences on Those Dying and Grieving by Bruce J. Horacek, Ph.D.
• The Mystery of Frightening Transcendent Experiences: A Rejoinder to Nancy Evans Bush and Christopher Bache by Mishka Jambor, M.A.

Vol. 16 No. 3, Spring 1998

• Editor's Foreword: Bruce Greyson, M.D.
• Guest Editorial: The amplification and Integration of Near-Death and Other Exceptional Human Experiences by the Larger Cultural Context: An Autobiographical Case by Rhea A. White.
• Near-Death Experiences, Shamanism, and the Scientific Method by J. Timothy Green, Ph.D.
• Book Review: Parting Visions: Uses and Meanings of Pre-Death, Psychic, and Spiritual Experiences by Melvin Morse with Paul Perry; reviewed by Bruce J. Horacek, M.D.

Vol. 16 No. 4, Summer 1998

• Editor's Foreword: Bruce Greyson, M.D.
• Inner Communications Following the Near-Death Experience by Mitchell B. Liester, M.D.
• Physically Transcendent Awareness: A Comparison of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Before Birth and After Death by Jenny Wade, Ph.D.
• Book Review: Jewish Views of the Afterlife by Simcha Paull Raphael; reviewed by Beverly A. Brodsky.