The reality of science and the patient experience are overlooked, say Meredith Oke and Alan Pearce
When it comes to health coverage, “Mainstream media has lost its grip on the narrative,” says Meredith Oke of the Quantum Biology Collective podcast. And journalist Alan Pearce has found that both editors and doctors are unwilling to give credence to patient stories of coma experiences that involved them, while sedated here, living another life elsewhere. Pearce co-authored the book, “Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious.”
The ramifications for patients are serious. Is the media is doing a disservice by withholding coverage?
The Frontier Journalists’ Network held a journalist panel in April covering these important aspects. Among the highlights are how circadian health is emerging as essential for health, which could disrupt the sunscreen industry; and how the medical system has neither an evidence base for long-term induced coma, and a process for coma after-care, which can leave patients traumatized by experiences similar to Near-Death Experiences.
Oke and Pearce shared their work uncovering the science (or lack thereof) of these phenomena and reporting on these topics, as well as the economic implications of natural phenomena for patient health. The discussion ends with suggestions for journalists covering the medical, science and health beats.
Catch up with these three edited clips, available on our YouTube.
Written by Liza Horan.
Video highlights by Anthony Miller, Anders Bolling and Liza Horan.
