The BBC seems to be covering this topic for me:
The Biology: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4898726.stm
The Wales Study: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7621608.stm
The Nurse: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7639798.stm
A large study is to examine near-death experiences in cardiac arrest patients.
Doctors at 25 UK and US hospitals will study 1,500 survivors to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have "out of body" experiences.
Some people report seeing a tunnel or bright light, others recall looking down from the ceiling at medical staff.
The study, due to take three years and co-ordinated by Southampton University, will include placing on shelves images that could only be seen from above.
This is a mystery that we can now subject to scientific study
Dr Sam ParniaUniversity of Southampton
Towards the light
To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. The shelves hold pictures - but they're visible only from the ceiling.
Dr Sam Parnia, who is heading the study, said: "If you can demonstrate that consciousness continues after the brain switches off, it allows for the possibility that the consciousness is a separate entity.
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