Orne R M
School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-2026, USA.
Res Nurs Health. 1995 Jun;18(3):239-47. doi: 10.1002/nur.4770180307.
An estimated 9 million adults in this country may have had a near-death experience (NDE), yet little research has been focused on the early aftermath of this extraordinary phenomenon. The purpose of this interpretive study was to appropriate and make visible how patients who had an NDE during a cardiac or respiratory arrest understood and experienced this early period of survival. Gadamerian hermeneutics (1975/1990) informed and guided the study. This interpretation demonstrates that NDEs and their early aftermath can be the positive, life-enhancing experiences that the common lore and most research tend to depict, yet they can also be unpleasant and distressing experiences fraught with emotional pain and angst.
据估计，该国约900万成年人可能有过濒死体验（NDE），但针对这一非凡现象早期后果的研究却很少。这项解释性研究的目的是了解并呈现那些在心脏或呼吸骤停期间有过濒死体验的患者是如何理解和经历这一早期生存阶段的。伽达默尔诠释学（1975/1990）为该研究提供了信息并给予指导。这一解释表明，濒死体验及其早期后果既可以是大众认知和大多数研究所倾向描述的那种积极的、提升生活的体验，但也可能是充满情感痛苦和焦虑的不愉快且令人痛苦的经历。
