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Pim van Lommel

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Pim van Lommel (born 1943) is a Dutch cardiologist and scientist. He is best known for his scientific work on the subjects of near-death experiences and consciousness, including the famous prospective study published in the medical journal The Lancet.[1] He is also the author of the 2007 Dutch bestseller titled Endless Consciousness: A scientific approach to the near-death experience (Eindeloos Bewustzijn: een wetenschappelijke visie op de Bijna-Dood Ervaring), which has been translated to German, English, and French (English translation: Consciousness Beyond Life, The Science of the Near-Death Experience, Harper Collins, 2010).

Van Lommel studied medicine at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, specializing in cardiology, and worked as a cardiologist at the Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, for 26 years from 1977 to 2003.

References

  1. ^ van Lommel P, van Wees R, Meyers V, Elfferich I. (2001) "Near-Death Experience in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest: A prospective Study in the Netherlands", The Lancet, 358(9298):2039–45, doi:doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)07100-8.

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