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Consciousness Beyond Life : The Science of the Near-Death Experience by Pim van Lommel is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>As a cardiologist, Pim van Lommel was struck by the number of his patients who claimed to have near-death experiences as a result of their heart attacks. As a scientist, this was difficult for him to accept&#58; Wouldn't it be scientifically irresponsible of him to ignore the evidence of these stories? Faced with this dilemma, van Lommel decided to design a research study to investigate the phenomenon under the controlled environment of a cluster of hospitals with a medically trained staff. <P>For more than twenty years van Lommel systematically studied such near-death experiences in a wide variety of hospital patients who survived a cardiac arrest. In 2001, he and his fellow researchers published his study on near-death experiences in the renowned medical journal <i>The Lancet</i>. The article caused an international sensation as it was the first scientifically rigorous study of this phenomenon. Now available for the first time in English, van Lommel offers an in-depth presentation of his results and theories in this book that has already sold over 125,000 copies in Europe. <P>Van Lommel provides scientific evidence that the near-death phenomenon is an authentic experience t

Who reads Consciousness Beyond Life : The Science of the Near-Death Experience?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Pim van Lommel
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9780061777257
Category
science
Subjects
Body Mind & Spirit, Fiction, Psychology
Rating
3.99 / 5 (272 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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