October 3-4, 2008
Millennium Hotel
Durham, North Carolina (United States)
A Featured Guest Speaker was Maggie Callanan, RN, always a popular presenter, hospice nurse, best-selling author of Final Gifts, originator of the term nearing-death awareness. Maggie presented on Final Gifts and on her new book, Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life. We regret that there are no recordings of Maggie's presentations.
Implications of Near-Death Experiences from the Combat Zones of Iraq and AfghanistanWith 30 years of active duty experience from Vietnam to Desert Storm, Col. Diane Corcoran, RN, PhD, U.S. Army Nurse Corps (ret.) speaks to the needs of the servicemen and women returning with combat NDEs from today's war zones. |
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Meaning and Near-Death ExperienceHarold Koenig, RN, MD, NHSc and Bruce Greyson, MD |
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Tops in their fields as well as engaging personalities and excellent speakers, Drs. Harold Koenig and Bruce Greyson converse about meaning and near-death experiences. A lively and thought-provoking conversation moderated by Nancy Evans Bush.
Koenig is Co-director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. Greyson is Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Director, Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia; he was for 26 years editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. |