Passage
by Connie Willis · first published 2001
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One of those rare, unforgettable novels that are as chilling as they are insightful, as thought-provoking as they are terrifying, award-winning author Connie Willis's Passage is an astonishing blend of relentless suspense and cutting-edge science unlike anything you've ever read before. It is the electrifying story of a psychologist who has devoted her life to tracking death. But when she volunteers for a research project that simulates the near-death experience, she will either solve life's greatest mystery -- or fall victim to its greatest terror. At Mercy General Hospital, Dr. Joanna Lander
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Passage by Connie Willis Passage follows the efforts of Joanna Lander, a research psychologist, to understand the phenomenon of near-death experiences by interviewing hospital patients after they are revived…
on “Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?” ↗The methodology sounds very similar to the one described in Connie Willis' science fiction novel Passages http://www.amazon.com/Passage-Connie-Willis/dp/0553580515/ where the experimenter put a child's toy up on a high shelf in the operating room.
on “3 Year Study of Near Death Experiences Probes Potential New Mode of Consciousness” ↗