ABSTRA CT: In an Australian survey of community attitudes toward near death experiences (NDEs), 173 respondents were asked to read a hypothetical description of an NDE and to select from a range of explanations that might approximate their own. Fifty-seven percent of the respondents believed the NDE was evidence of life after death, while less than 2 percent believed the NDE was a sign of menta...

Interest in euthanasia, also called “dignified death” or “death humanization” is relevant from the ethical and moral points of view, especially if it is oriented toward the detection of the motivations and conceptions of life subject to such practices. The movement of opinion in favour of euthanasia, currently active, has characteristic connotations and motivations, aimed at demanding legalizat...