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Canadian Medical Association Journal
Understanding near-death experiences
29 minutes Posted Jun 1, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Near-death experiences (NDE) are often described in spiritual, personal or even supernatural terms. But a new CMAJ article offers physicians a clinical entry point into understanding them as a distinct phenomenon that patients may report after cardiac arrest, critical illness or other life-threatening events. Dr. Blair Bigham and Dr. Mojola Omole speak with Dr. Andrés Delgado-Ron, a senior data analyst at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and author of “Five things to know ...