Peter Fenwick

Dr. Peter Fenwick is an eminent neuropsychiatrist, academic, and expert on disorders of the brain. His most compelling and provocative research has been into the end-of-life phenomena, including near-death experiences and deathbed visions of the dying person, as well as the experiences of hospice and palliative care workers and relatives of dying people. Dr. Fenwick believes that consciousness may be independent of the brain and so able to survive the death of the brain, a theory that has divided the scientific community. Fenwick and his wife Elizabeth are co-authors of The Art of Dying, a study of the spiritual needs of near-death patients.