>Several researchers from the University of Virginia Health Sciences
>Center will make presentations at the Society for Scientific
>Exploration's annual meeting, to be held May 28 - 30 at U.Va.
>Dr. Ian Stevenson, Carlson Professor of Psychiatry at U.Va., will
>present "What Are the Irreducible Elements of Scientific Research?" on
>May 28 from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
>Ann Taylor, Betty N. Norris Professor in the U.Va. School of Nursing,
>will present "Current Research on Alternative Methods of Medical
>Treatment" on May 28 from 3:40 to 4:10 p.m.
>Dr. Bruce Greyson, professor of psychiatric medicine at U.Va., will
>present "Just How Common Are Near-Death Experiences?  A Survey of
>Surveys" on May 29 from 9:10 to 9:40 a.m.
>Dr. Emily Williams Cook, assistant professor of psychiatric medicine at
>U.Va., will present "Near-Death Experiences with Reports of Meeting
>Deceased Relatives" on May 29 from 9:50 to 10:20 a.m.
>All presentations will be held in Clark Hall, room 140.
>The Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) is an international
>organization that provides a professional forum for presentations,
>criticism and debate concerning topics which are ignored or studied
>inadequately within mainstream science. The SSE also
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>seeks to promote improved understanding of those factors that
>unnecessarily limit the scope of scientific inquiry, such as
>sociological constraints, restrictive world views and hidden
theoretical
>assumptions.
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>May 26, 1998
>
>For more information, call Charles Tolbert, professor of astronomy at
>U.Va., at
>(804) 924-7494.
>