Overview
Near-death experiences are usually reduced to mere anecdotal evidence, but this book attempts to produce an objective account of these experiences within the UK hospital system. Sartori, an Intensive Therapy Unit nurse in Wales, avoids metaphysical explanations and sticks to the facts of each case, drawing parallels and consistencies in each experience. While heavy on statistical data, this book should appeal to anyone with an interest in near-death experiences.
Full Product Details
Author: Dr. Penny Sartori ,
Paul Badham
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Edition: New ed.
ISBN: 9780773451032
ISBN 10: 077345103
Pages: 580
Publication Date: June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""[The author] does not proffer any metaphysical explanations for this phenomenon. What she does do is show that studying NDEs in a hospital context presents us with well-documented information, which does not fit easily within the parameters of our normal systems of explanation."" - Professor Paul Badham Director of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre University of Wales. Lampeter ""Dr. Sartori is an intensive care nurse and brings to this book an understanding of patient care and the relationship between the patient's illness and the NDE which have been absent in other studies."" - Dr. Peter B.C. Fenwick MB, BChir, FRCPysch Consultant Neurologist ""... an excellent review of existing research and an innovative study carried out alongside her work as an intensive care nurse..."" - Professor Christie Davies MA Ph.D (Cantab.) School of Sociology, Politics and International Relations University of Reading"""
[The author] does not proffer any metaphysical explanations for this phenomenon. What she does do is show that studying NDEs in a hospital context presents us with well-documented information, which does not fit easily within the parameters of our normal systems of explanation. - Professor Paul Badham Director of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre University of Wales. Lampeter Dr. Sartori is an intensive care nurse and brings to this book an understanding of patient care and the relationship between the patient's illness and the NDE which have been absent in other studies. - Dr. Peter B.C. Fenwick MB, BChir, FRCPysch Consultant Neurologist ... an excellent review of existing research and an innovative study carried out alongside her work as an intensive care nurse... - Professor Christie Davies MA Ph.D (Cantab.) School of Sociology, Politics and International Relations University of Reading
Author Information
Dr. Sartori has worked as a nurse in the Intensive Therapy Unit since 1993. She was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Wales, Lampeter for her extensive research into the phenomenon of near-death experience.
