title: Transitions: exploring the frontier.
abstract: End-of-life experiences go by various terms, including near-death experiences (NDEs), death bed visions, death bed phenomena, death bed coincidences, and nearing death awareness. Death bed escorts is the term applied to the vision of deceased family members or friends who inform the dying person that they will be accompanied in the transition from life. In this article, I examine the subject of NDEs and death bed escorts, starting with the rich body of work provided by Robert and Beatrice Kastenbaum. A subject of some interest to Robert Kastenbaum, he explored this frontier in his many writings on dying, death, and bereavement. Ever the pioneer and having made the ultimate transition, he may yet be exploring new frontiers.
authors.affiliation: MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Inge B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Corless
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003243:Consciousness; D004325:Dreams / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*