Peter Fenwick became the world expert on near-death experiences
The neuropsychiatrist and promoter of “the art of dying” died on November 22nd, aged 89
The man who sat facing Peter Fenwick in his consulting room was lucky to be alive. A while ago, he had come into St Thomas’ hospital in London to have a catheter inserted in his heart. But things had gone wrong, and he went into cardiac arrest. There was no respiratory effort and no brain-stem reflex. For some minutes, to all the doctors round him, he was clinically dead.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Peter Fenwick”
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