Jeffrey Long is an American author and researcher into the phenomenon of

near-death experience A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death which researchers claim share similar characteristics. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detac ...

s (NDEs). A physician by training, Long practices

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at a hospital in Louisiana. Long is the author of ''Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences'', which appeared on

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. In 1998, he founded the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, which is concerned with documenting and researching NDEs.

Biography

Long completed medical school and a residency in radiation oncology at the

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. Early in his medical career, Long became interested in NDEs after reading a journal article about them. A few years later, the wife of one of his friends told him a detailed story about her experience after her heart stopped while under anesthesia. While working as a physician in

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, Long was influenced by speakers who had been invited by

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, a physician and NDE researcher. He later practiced medicine in Gallup, New Mexico, before taking a position at the

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in Houma, Louisiana, in 2009. Long established th
Near Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF)
in 1998.Adler, Jerry. "Back From the Dead". ''Newsweek'', July 23, 2007.Henderson, Carmen. Near death: Close calls can give people hope. ''Edmonton Journal'', 14 May 2005: B5 Front inal Edition/ref> The foundation maintains a website, also launched in 1998, and a database of more than 1,600 cases, which is the world's largest collection of near-death reports. He is on the board of directors of the American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE). Long asserts that ''peace'' and ''love'' are the two words most commonly used by people who describe what they believe to be NDEs. In 2014, the NDERF said that an average of 774 NDEs happened each day in the United States. Long is the author of the book ''Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences'', a ''New York Times'' Best Seller. He has appeared in many media outlets, including ''

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'', ''NBC Today'', ABC (Peter Jennings), ''Dr. Oz Show'',

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, National Geographic and Fox News Houston.Beck, Melinda
"Seeking Proof in Near-Death Claims". ''The Wall Street Journal (Health Journal)''
October 25, 2010MacDonald, G. Jeffrey
"Scientists probe brief brushes with the afterlife". ''The Christian Century''
January 12, 2011. In 2009 Long contributed to ''The handbook of near-death experiences: thirty years of investigation'', published by Praeger. The book is a comprehensive critical review of the research carried out within the field of

near-death studies Near-death studies is a field of psychology and psychiatry that studies the physiology, phenomenology and after-effects of the near-death experience (NDE). The field was originally associated with a distinct group of North American researchers that ...

and considered to be a relevant publication in the field.Holden, Jan. M. "UNT Faculty Member Dr. Janice Minor Holden Publishes The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation". ''University of North Texas Counseling Program News'', Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer/Fall 2010Lichfield, Gideon. "The Science of Near-Death Experiences. Empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife". ''The Atlantic'', April 2015.

Publications

* ''Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences.''academia.edu, Book Reviews ''Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences.''
January 2012

References

External links

* Fitzpatrick, Laura

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