Book Review: Raising the Dead: A Doctor's Encounter With His Own Mortality

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Review of the book "Raising the Dead: A Doctor's Encounter With His Own Mortality" written by retired professor of surgery Richard Selzer.

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267-269 p. ; 23 cm.

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Edwards, Mary S. Summer 1995.

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Review of the book "Raising the Dead: A Doctor's Encounter With His Own Mortality" written by retired professor of surgery Richard Selzer.

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267-269 p. ; 23 cm.

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  • Journal of Near-Death Studies, 13(4), Human Sciences Press, Summer 1995, pp. 267-269

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  • Publication Title: Journal of Near-Death Studies
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 4
  • Page Start: 267
  • Page End: 269
  • Pages: 3

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The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena. Table of contents for each issue in volume 13 on page 283.

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Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies where Richard Abanes expresses his disappointment in Mary S. Edwards' review of Raising the Dead by Robert Selzer. Abanes believes the population, as well as researchers, need to be more skeptical about near-death experiences.

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