That is why they are called near-death experiences and not death experiences.
By the way, are you an atheist? Do you not believe in the risen Christ and the reports of Jesus raising the dead?
So the “expert” says that the people who love the dying cause this themselves to comfort themselves.This does not account for the man who described the incident that leads the article.He read to him and knew him but was not related or a loved one.The easiest answer is that these things happen and often.