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Amatuzio sees dead people. Indeed, as an anatomic, forensic, and clinical pathologist and coroner for several counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin, she sees them every day. They also see her and sometimes even speak to her through their families and other loved ones. In this slim yet powerful account, Amatuzio testifies, from her working experience, to the ethereal vastness that sometimes glimmers at us from the other side. Although she can't "cure" the survivors she encounters of what ails them, she can offer solace and comfort in what are often their most difficult hours. During decades of confronting death, Amatuzio has encountered many situations that are scientifically inexplicable yet confirm--for her, at least--that there is a place where departed loved ones persist, whence they can offer encouragement when the living miss them most. Covering incidents from the spiritual connection Amatuzio made with her very first terminal patient to the resurrection of her deceased secretary's peonies, these heartfelt true stories make worthy reading. Donna Chavez
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Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living From a Forensic Pathologist FROM THE PUBLISHER
Janis Amatuzio, MD, currently serves as coroner for several counties in Minnesota and has overseen thousands of autopsies. She became a pathologist in part because it allowed her to help unravel the mystery of each person's death. She found that by listening and talking to the loved ones of the deceased, she could offer them some sense of closure. In the course of her work, she has heard extraordinary stories from grieving family members, patients near death, police officers, clergy, and colleagues -- stories of the spiritual and otherworldly experiences concerning the transition between life and death. These stories affirmed Dr. Amatuzio's belief that, contrary to the attitudes of many in the medical community, there is more to death than just the cessation of breath. From the experience of one of her first patients -- who on the day of his death told of being "visited" by a friend who had been dead forty years -- to incredible coincidences -- such as two daughters thousands of miles apart experiencing unexplained sensations at the precise moment their father passed away -- Dr. Amatuzio began recording the stories she heard and filing them away. Forever Ours presents these heartfelt accounts, exploring the realms of visions, synchronicities, and communications on death's threshold. Told in the voice of a compassionate scientist and medical expert who sees death every day, these stories eloquently convey the comfort Dr. Amatuzio has found in what she sees and hears. There is no judgment or underlying agenda here; instead, the book offers readers hope, comfort, and profound lessons on living.
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