What is a Near-Death Experience?

Penny Sartori is a nurse with well known for her research on NDEs and is the author of The Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences. This book is part of a new series (www.whatisseries.com) of introductions to life-enhancing topics with practical applications. It begins with 20 compelling reasons for reading the book before explaining key features – chapters as questions and answers, case studies, focal points and follow-up. Penny covers elements of NDEs - who has them and under what circumstances, life changing effects, scientific explanations and lessons from the NDE. Useful case studies illustrate a particular aspect of the experience and there are reviews of cases from non-Western countries. Some reported changes focus specifically on spiritual outlook relating to values, purpose and perception of interconnectedness. Penny calls for an expansion of our scientific understanding to embrace the insights of the NDE in a wider concept of consciousness. Along with her supervisor Peter Fenwick, Penny believes that NDEs have important implications for how we treat the dying. The list of further reading is rather academic for a popular book and does not include Peter and Elizabeth Fenwick's Art of Dying nor the popular books by Anita Moorjani and Eben Alexander.