Penny Sartori

Penny Sartori
Occupation Medical researcher
Known for Research near-death experiences

Penny Sartori (PhD) is a medical researcher in the field of near-death experiences.

Sartori worked as an intensive care nurse for 17 years, during which time she cared for many patients who were close to death. As a result of these experiences, she began researching near-death experiences, culminating in the publication of her monograph The Near-Death Experiences of Hospitalized Intensive Care Patients: A Five Year Clinical Study,[1][2] which was published by the Edwin Mellen Press in 2008. Her work also gained her a PhD in 2005. She now works as a lecturer and consultant.[3][4]

Her work has been the cause of some controversy in the medical community, since her results do not always appear explicable by known science.[5] Many of the phenomena reported appear religious in nature.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Nurse writes book on near-death." BBC News June 19, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Thompson, Victoria. (July 1, 2008). "ICU nurse chronicles near-death experiences" Nursing Times. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Penny Sartori's website
  4. ^ Daily Record: Ex-nurse Dr Penny Sartori studies amazing experiences of people who come back from the dead
  5. ^ Sartori, P; A Long-Term Prospective Study to Investigate the Incidence and Phenomenology of Near-Death Experiences in a Welsh Intensive Therapy Unit
  6. ^ WalesOnline: Near-death patients tell nurse of lights and Jesus-like figure