Raymond Moody

Physician and philosopher who coined 'near-death experience' in 'Life After Life'.

Raymond A. Moody Jr. (born June 30, 1944) is an American philosopher, psychiatrist, physician, and author, most widely known for his books about afterlife and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975 in his best-selling book Life After Life. His research explores personal accounts of subjective phenomena encountered in near-death experiences, particularly those of people who have apparently died but been resuscitated. He has widely published his views on what he terms near-death-experience psychology.