@article{337876,
      author = {Lommel, Pim van,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/337876},
      title = {Consciousness beyond life : the science of the near-death  experience /},
      publisher = {HarperOne,},
      abstract = {"Dr. Pim van Lommel, a renowned cardiologist, was so  inspired by the stories his patients told of their Near  Death Experiences (NDEs) that he became the first medical  practitioner to risk his reputation with a full, systematic  trial into the phenomenon. He interviewed 344 heart  patients at his hospital who had all clinically died, some  for five minutes or longer, before being resuscitated. Of  these, 62 -- or 18 per cent -- reported some ongoing  experience after the medical monitors had pronounced them  to be dead. Half were aware they were 'dead,' and 15 had  out-of-body experiences where they were aware of the  actions of the hospital staff around their body. In 2001,  Van Lommel published the results of his study in the  esteemed British medical journal, The Lancet. Van Lommel's  article was a worldwide sensation and serves as the basis  for this book. Van Lommel claims these are authentic  experiences which cannot be reduced to the imagination,  psychosis or an oxygen deficiency; people are permanently  changed by an NDE. In After Life, Van Lommel explains how  people who are clinically dead can have such a  transformative experience. He illustrates his argument with  stories of people who have gone through an NDE. In Van  Lommel's opinion, the current materialistic view of the  relationship between the brain and consciousness held by  most physicians, philosophers and psychologists is too  restricted for a proper understanding of this phenomenon.  Our consciousness does not always coincide with the  functioning of our brain"--},
      recid = {337876},
      pages = {xxi, 442 p. :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2010},
}