Bibliography: End-of-Life Phenomena in the Medical Literature
Citations of Pre-Death Premonitions
Abdi, A., Hassani, P., Jalali, R., & Salari, N. (2016). Use of intuition by critical care nurses: a phenomenological study. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 65. doi:10.2147/amep.s100324
Coll, A. R. (1967). John hunter's premonition of death. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 118-119. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2312053/?page=1
Erlandsson, K., Lindgren, H., Davidsson-Bremborg, A., & Rådestad, I. (2012). Women's premonitions prior to the death of their baby in utero and how they deal with the feeling that their baby may be unwell. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scadinavica (AOGS). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21668416/
Halbreich, U., Assael, M., & Driefus, D. (1980). Premonition of death in painting. NCBI. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7418384/
Miglietta, M. A., Toma, G. I., Docimo, S., Neely, R., Bakoulis, A., & Kreismann, E. (2009). Premonition of death in trauma: A survey of healthcare providers. NCBI. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19999916/
Ngeh, J. K. (2003). The phenomenon of premonition of death in older patient. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51(11), 1672-1673. doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.515242.x
Ngeh, J. K. (2003). Recognising the phenomena of premonitions of death. BMJ. Retrieved from https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/29/recognising-phenomena-premonitions-death
Citations of Deathbed Phenomena/End-of-Life or Pre-Death dreams, visions and coincidences
Brayne, S., Farnham, C., & Fenwick, P. (2006). Deathbed phenomena and their effect on a palliative care team: a pilot study. American Journal of Hospital Palliative Care, 23, 17-24.
Brayne S, Lovelace H, Fenwick P. End-of-life experiences and the dying process in a Gloucestershire nursing home as reported by nurses and care assistants. Am J of Hospice & Pall Med. 2008;25(3):195-206
Broadhurst, K., Harrington, A. (2016). A thematic literature review: The importance of providing spiritual care for end-of-life patients who have experienced transcendence phenomena. American Journal of Hospital Palliative Care, 33, 881-893.
Dam, A.K. (2016). Significance of end-of-life dreams and visions experienced by the terminally ill in rural and urban India. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 22(2): 130-4.
Devery, Rawlings, Tieman, Damarell (2015) Deathbed phenomena reported by patients in palliative care: Clinical opportunities and responses. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 21. 117-25.
Grant, P., Wright, S., Depner, R., and Luczkiewicz, D. (2014). The significance of end-of-life dreams and visions. Nursing Times, 110, 22-4.
Ethier, A (2005). "Death-related sensory experiences". Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. 22 (2): 104–111.
Fenwick, P., Brayne, S. (2011). End-of-life experiences: reaching out for compassion, communication, and connection-meaning of deathbed visions and coincidences. American Journal of Hospital Palliative Care, 28, 7-15.
Fenwick, P., Lovelace, H., and Brayne, S. (2010). Comfort for the dying: five year retrospective and one year prospective studies of end of life experiences. Arch Gerontology and Geriatrics, 51, 173-9.
Houran, J. & Lange, R. (1997). Hallucinations that comfort: contextual mediation of deathbed visions. Perceptual and Motor Skills 84: 1491-1504.
Kerr, C., Donnelly, J., Wright, S., Kuszczak, S., Banas, A., Grant, P., and Luczkiewicz, D. (2014). End-of-life dreams and visions: a longitudinal study of hospice patients’ experiences. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17, 296-303.
Lawrence, M; Repede, E (2013). "The incidence of deathbed communications and their impact on the dying process". American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. 30 (7): 632–639
Nosek, C., Kerr, C., Woodworth, J., Wright, S., Grant, P., Kuszcak, S., Banas, A., Luczkiewicz, D., and Depner, R. (2015). End-of-life dreams and visions: A qualitative perspective from hospice patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 32, 269-74.
Shinar, Y.R., Marks, A.D. (2015) Distressing visions at the end of life: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 69, 251-3.
Wholihan, D. (2016). Seeing the light: End-of-life experiences- visions, energy surges and other deathbed phenomena. Nurse Clinician North America, 51, 489-500.
Citations of Paradoxical or Terminal Lucidity (Terminal Surge)
Bradshaw, J., Saling, M., Hopwood, M., Anderson, V., & Brodtmann, A. (2004). Fluctuating cognition in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease is qualitatively distinct. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry, 75, 382-387.
Brayne, S., Lovelace, H., & Fenwick, P. (2008). End-of-life experiences and the dying process in a Gloucestershire nursing home as reported by nurses and care assistants. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 25, 195-206.
Duong, P. H., & Zulian, G. B. (2007). Disappearance of a stutter shortly before death. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 24, 141-143.
Fenwick, P., Lovelace, H., & Brayne, S. (2010). Comfort for the dying: Five year retrospective and one year prospective studies of end of life experiences. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 51, 173-179.
Lee, D. R., McKeith, I., Mosimann, U., Ghosh-Nodial, A., Grayson, L., Wilson, B., & Thomas, A. J. (2014). The Dementia Cognitive Fluctuation Scale, a new psychometric test for clinicians to identify cognitive fluctuations in people with dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, 926-935.
Lee, D. R., Taylor, J-P., & Thomas, A. J. (2012). Assessment of cognitive fluctuation in dementia: A systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27, 989-998/
Macleod, A. D. (2009). Lightening up before death. Palliative and Supportive Care, 7, 513-516.
Nahm, M. (2009). Terminal lucidity in people with mental illness and other mental disability: An overview and implications for possible explanatory models. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 28, 87-106.
Nahm, N., & Greyson, B. (2009). Terminal lucidity in patients with chronic schizophrenia and dementia: A survey of the literature. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 942-944.
Nahm, M., & Greyson, M.D. (2013). The death of Anna Katharina Ehmer: A case study in terminal lucidity. Omega, 68, 77-87.
Nahm, M., Greyson, B., Kelly, E. W., & Haraldsson, E. (2012). Terminal lucidity: A review and a case collection. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 55, 138-142.
Ngeh, J. K. T. (2002). Observations of the ohenomenon of Hui Guang Fan Zhao – Lazarus premonition. Age & Ageing, 31, 434.
Ngeh, J. K. T., & Toh, V. K. L. (2002). The Lazarus phenomenon. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 32, 143.
Ngeh, J. K. T., & Toh, V. K. L. (2003). Recognising the phenomena of premonitions of death. BMJ, 326, 30.
Normann, H. K., Asplund, K., Karlsson, S., Sandman, P-O., & Norberg, A. (2006). People with sever dementia exhibit episodes of lucidity. A population-based study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15, 1413-1417.
Normann, H. K., Asplund, K., & Norberg, A. (1998). Episodes of lucidity in people with severe dementia as narrated by formal carers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28, 1295-1300.
Normann, H. K., Norberg. A., & Asplund, K. (2002). Confirmation and lucidity during conversations with a woman with severe dementia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39, 370-376.
Palop, J. J., Chin, J., & Mucke, L. (2006). A network dysfunction perspective on neurodegenerative diseases. Nature, 443, 768-773.
Shulman, K. I., Hull, I. M., DeKoven, S., Amodeo, S., Mainland, B. J., & Herrmann, N. (2015). Cognitive fluctuations and the lucid interval in dementia: Implications for testamentary capacity. Journal of the
American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 43, 287-292.
Walker, M. P., Ayre, G. A., Cummings, J. L., Wesnes, K., McKeith, I. G., O’Brien, J. T., & Ballard, C. G. (2000). The Clinician Assessment of Fluctuation and the One Day Fluctuation Assessment Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, 252-256.
Walker, M. P., Ayre, G. A., Cummings, J. L., Wesnes, K., McKeith, I. G., O’Brien, J. T., & Ballard, C. G. (2000). Quantifying fluctuation in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia. Neurology, 54, 1616-1624.
Citations of communications, dreams and visions of the dead
Krause, N., and Bastida, E. (2010) Exploring the interface between religion and contact with the dead among older Mexican Americans. Rev Relig Res, 51, 5-20.
Citations of Pre-Death Premonitions
Abdi, A., Hassani, P., Jalali, R., & Salari, N. (2016). Use of intuition by critical care nurses: a phenomenological study. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 65. doi:10.2147/amep.s100324
Coll, A. R. (1967). John hunter's premonition of death. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 118-119. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2312053/?page=1
Erlandsson, K., Lindgren, H., Davidsson-Bremborg, A., & Rådestad, I. (2012). Women's premonitions prior to the death of their baby in utero and how they deal with the feeling that their baby may be unwell. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scadinavica (AOGS). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21668416/
Halbreich, U., Assael, M., & Driefus, D. (1980). Premonition of death in painting. NCBI. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7418384/
Miglietta, M. A., Toma, G. I., Docimo, S., Neely, R., Bakoulis, A., & Kreismann, E. (2009). Premonition of death in trauma: A survey of healthcare providers. NCBI. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19999916/
Ngeh, J. K. (2003). The phenomenon of premonition of death in older patient. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51(11), 1672-1673. doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.515242.x
Ngeh, J. K. (2003). Recognising the phenomena of premonitions of death. BMJ. Retrieved from https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/29/recognising-phenomena-premonitions-death
Citations of Deathbed Phenomena/End-of-Life or Pre-Death dreams, visions and coincidences
Brayne, S., Farnham, C., & Fenwick, P. (2006). Deathbed phenomena and their effect on a palliative care team: a pilot study. American Journal of Hospital Palliative Care, 23, 17-24.
Brayne S, Lovelace H, Fenwick P. End-of-life experiences and the dying process in a Gloucestershire nursing home as reported by nurses and care assistants. Am J of Hospice & Pall Med. 2008;25(3):195-206
Broadhurst, K., Harrington, A. (2016). A thematic literature review: The importance of providing spiritual care for end-of-life patients who have experienced transcendence phenomena. American Journal of Hospital Palliative Care, 33, 881-893.
Dam, A.K. (2016). Significance of end-of-life dreams and visions experienced by the terminally ill in rural and urban India. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 22(2): 130-4.
Devery, Rawlings, Tieman, Damarell (2015) Deathbed phenomena reported by patients in palliative care: Clinical opportunities and responses. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 21. 117-25.
Grant, P., Wright, S., Depner, R., and Luczkiewicz, D. (2014). The significance of end-of-life dreams and visions. Nursing Times, 110, 22-4.
Ethier, A (2005). "Death-related sensory experiences". Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. 22 (2): 104–111.
Fenwick, P., Brayne, S. (2011). End-of-life experiences: reaching out for compassion, communication, and connection-meaning of deathbed visions and coincidences. American Journal of Hospital Palliative Care, 28, 7-15.
Fenwick, P., Lovelace, H., and Brayne, S. (2010). Comfort for the dying: five year retrospective and one year prospective studies of end of life experiences. Arch Gerontology and Geriatrics, 51, 173-9.
Houran, J. & Lange, R. (1997). Hallucinations that comfort: contextual mediation of deathbed visions. Perceptual and Motor Skills 84: 1491-1504.
Kerr, C., Donnelly, J., Wright, S., Kuszczak, S., Banas, A., Grant, P., and Luczkiewicz, D. (2014). End-of-life dreams and visions: a longitudinal study of hospice patients’ experiences. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17, 296-303.
Lawrence, M; Repede, E (2013). "The incidence of deathbed communications and their impact on the dying process". American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. 30 (7): 632–639
Nosek, C., Kerr, C., Woodworth, J., Wright, S., Grant, P., Kuszcak, S., Banas, A., Luczkiewicz, D., and Depner, R. (2015). End-of-life dreams and visions: A qualitative perspective from hospice patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 32, 269-74.
Shinar, Y.R., Marks, A.D. (2015) Distressing visions at the end of life: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 69, 251-3.
Wholihan, D. (2016). Seeing the light: End-of-life experiences- visions, energy surges and other deathbed phenomena. Nurse Clinician North America, 51, 489-500.
Citations of Paradoxical or Terminal Lucidity (Terminal Surge)
Bradshaw, J., Saling, M., Hopwood, M., Anderson, V., & Brodtmann, A. (2004). Fluctuating cognition in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease is qualitatively distinct. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry, 75, 382-387.
Brayne, S., Lovelace, H., & Fenwick, P. (2008). End-of-life experiences and the dying process in a Gloucestershire nursing home as reported by nurses and care assistants. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 25, 195-206.
Duong, P. H., & Zulian, G. B. (2007). Disappearance of a stutter shortly before death. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 24, 141-143.
Fenwick, P., Lovelace, H., & Brayne, S. (2010). Comfort for the dying: Five year retrospective and one year prospective studies of end of life experiences. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 51, 173-179.
Lee, D. R., McKeith, I., Mosimann, U., Ghosh-Nodial, A., Grayson, L., Wilson, B., & Thomas, A. J. (2014). The Dementia Cognitive Fluctuation Scale, a new psychometric test for clinicians to identify cognitive fluctuations in people with dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, 926-935.
Lee, D. R., Taylor, J-P., & Thomas, A. J. (2012). Assessment of cognitive fluctuation in dementia: A systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27, 989-998/
Macleod, A. D. (2009). Lightening up before death. Palliative and Supportive Care, 7, 513-516.
Nahm, M. (2009). Terminal lucidity in people with mental illness and other mental disability: An overview and implications for possible explanatory models. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 28, 87-106.
Nahm, N., & Greyson, B. (2009). Terminal lucidity in patients with chronic schizophrenia and dementia: A survey of the literature. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 942-944.
Nahm, M., & Greyson, M.D. (2013). The death of Anna Katharina Ehmer: A case study in terminal lucidity. Omega, 68, 77-87.
Nahm, M., Greyson, B., Kelly, E. W., & Haraldsson, E. (2012). Terminal lucidity: A review and a case collection. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 55, 138-142.
Ngeh, J. K. T. (2002). Observations of the ohenomenon of Hui Guang Fan Zhao – Lazarus premonition. Age & Ageing, 31, 434.
Ngeh, J. K. T., & Toh, V. K. L. (2002). The Lazarus phenomenon. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 32, 143.
Ngeh, J. K. T., & Toh, V. K. L. (2003). Recognising the phenomena of premonitions of death. BMJ, 326, 30.
Normann, H. K., Asplund, K., Karlsson, S., Sandman, P-O., & Norberg, A. (2006). People with sever dementia exhibit episodes of lucidity. A population-based study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15, 1413-1417.
Normann, H. K., Asplund, K., & Norberg, A. (1998). Episodes of lucidity in people with severe dementia as narrated by formal carers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28, 1295-1300.
Normann, H. K., Norberg. A., & Asplund, K. (2002). Confirmation and lucidity during conversations with a woman with severe dementia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39, 370-376.
Palop, J. J., Chin, J., & Mucke, L. (2006). A network dysfunction perspective on neurodegenerative diseases. Nature, 443, 768-773.
Shulman, K. I., Hull, I. M., DeKoven, S., Amodeo, S., Mainland, B. J., & Herrmann, N. (2015). Cognitive fluctuations and the lucid interval in dementia: Implications for testamentary capacity. Journal of the
American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 43, 287-292.
Walker, M. P., Ayre, G. A., Cummings, J. L., Wesnes, K., McKeith, I. G., O’Brien, J. T., & Ballard, C. G. (2000). The Clinician Assessment of Fluctuation and the One Day Fluctuation Assessment Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, 252-256.
Walker, M. P., Ayre, G. A., Cummings, J. L., Wesnes, K., McKeith, I. G., O’Brien, J. T., & Ballard, C. G. (2000). Quantifying fluctuation in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia. Neurology, 54, 1616-1624.
Citations of communications, dreams and visions of the dead
Krause, N., and Bastida, E. (2010) Exploring the interface between religion and contact with the dead among older Mexican Americans. Rev Relig Res, 51, 5-20.
