Step 1 · Editorial composite · Ethical Dilemmas
The Longest Hour
The call came in at midnight: pediatric GSW, unstable, en route. When they rolled him into the trauma bay, I recognized his face. He was my son's best friend.

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Step 1 · Editorial composite · Ethical Dilemmas
The call came in at midnight: pediatric GSW, unstable, en route. When they rolled him into the trauma bay, I recognized his face. He was my son's best friend.
Step 2 · Editorial composite · Unexplained Phenomena
He had severe schizophrenia with catatonic features. He had not spoken in three years. Then one night, every patient on the unit reported the same dream — and he was in it, talking to each of them, one by one.
Step 3 · Editorial composite · Grief And Loss
She was thirty-one, dying of cervical cancer, and had one request: tell other women about this. Tell them to get screened. Do not let my death be wasted.
Step 4 · Editorial composite · Unexplained Phenomena
The patient's EEG was isoelectric for eighteen minutes. There is no known mechanism by which a brain with no electrical activity could form, store, or retrieve memories. Yet he recalled, in precise detail, the conversations that took place around his bed during those eighteen minutes.
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The source book
The web stories above are editorial composites. The book is the place to read Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba's selected interview-based accounts. Purchase-page ratings and availability can change.
View the book on AmazonLocation key: Greenwood, Jersey City · Parent city: Jersey City · Region label: New Jersey · Country: United States

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Public descriptions say the book draws on more than 200 physician interviews and presents 26 selected accounts involving end-of-life experiences, unexpected recoveries, faith, and other events the narrators found difficult to explain.
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