Pim van Lommel (Lancet 2001)
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A Dutch heart doctor put near-death experiences into one of the world's top medical journals.
Who they are
Pim van Lommel, a Dutch cardiologist.
What they do
He is the author of a landmark, rigorous study of near-death experiences.
How it works
His 2001 study in The Lancet followed 344 cardiac-arrest survivors and found 18% reported near-death experience phenomena; it remains the most-cited top-tier NDE study, with later work by Greyson and Parnia extending the research.
Why it matters
The engine treats it as foundational, credible evidence for the near-death experience phenomenon because it ran in an elite peer-reviewed journal.
The engine's record — word for word
Dutch cardiologist. Lead author 'Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands' Lancet 2001;358:2039-45 — most-cited Tier-1 NDE study. 344-patient prospective cardiac arrest cohort. 18% reported NDE phenomenology. Engine relevance: foundational Tier-1 NDE study published in apex peer-reviewed medical journal. Methodologically rigorous; subsequent Greyson + Parnia work extends the corpus.
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