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Ernest Hemingway and the Near-Death Experience

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Vardamis, A.A., Owens, J.E. Ernest Hemingway and the Near-Death Experience. Journal of Medical Humanities 20, 203–217 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022982413557

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