Description: How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter Attempting to demythologize the process of dying, Nuland explores how we shall die, each of us in a way that will be unique. Through particular stories of dying--of patients, and of his own family--he examines the seven most common roads to death: old age, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, accidents, heart disease, and strokes, revealing the facets of death's multiplicity. "It's impossible to read How We Die without realizing how earnestly we have avoided this most unavoidable of subjects, how we have protected ourselves by building a cultural wall of myths and lies. I don't know of any writer or scientist who has shown us the face of death as clearly, honestly and compassionately as Sherwin Nuland does here."--James Gleick From the Trade Paperback edition. "Eloquent and uncommonly moving… Nuland writes with unsentimental passion."- Time "Engrossing… We are in the hands of a remarkable portraitist whose cultivated thought… quietly and informatively instructs and advises us on a subject of universal concern."- The New York Times Book Review "Nuland's work acknowledges, with unmatched clarity, the harsh realities of how life departs… There is compassion, and often wisdom, in every page."- San Francisco Examiner "Nuland combines the clinical eye of a physician with… emotional and philosophical reflectiveness."- Newsday From the Trade Paperback edition., "Eloquent and uncommonly moving... Nuland writes with unsentimental passion."- Time "Engrossing... We are in the hands of a remarkable portraitist whose cultivated thought... quietly and informatively instructs and advises us on a subject of universal concern."- The New York Times Book Review "Nuland's work acknowledges, with unmatched clarity, the harsh realities of how life departs... There is compassion, and often wisdom, in every page."- San Francisco Examiner "Nuland combines the clinical eye of a physician with... emotional and philosophical reflectiveness."- Newsday, "Eloquent and uncommonly moving& Nuland writes with unsentimental passion."- Time "Engrossing& We are in the hands of a remarkable portraitist whose cultivated thought& quietly and informatively instructs and advises us on a subject of universal concern."- The New York Times Book Review "Nuland's work acknowledges, with unmatched clarity, the harsh realities of how life departs& There is compassion, and often wisdom, in every page."- San Francisco Examiner "Nuland combines the clinical eye of a physician with& emotional and philosophical reflectiveness."- Newsday , "Eloquent and uncommonly moving... Nuland writes with unsentimental passion."- Time "Engrossing... We are in the hands of a remarkable portraitist whose cultivated thought... quietly and informatively instructs and advises us on a subject of universal concern."- The New York Times Book Review "Nuland's work acknowledges, with unmatched clarity, the harsh realities of how life departs... There is compassion, and often wisdom, in every page."- San Francisco Examiner "Nuland combines the clinical eye of a physician with... emotional and philosophical reflectiveness."- Newsday
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Original Language: English
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Features: Original National Book Award Winner Sticker
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
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Brand: Vintage Books 1st Edition
Era: 1990s
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: How We Die : Reflections ON Life's Final Chapter, New Edition
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.1in
Author: Sherwin B. Nuland
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Health Care Issues, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1995
Genre: Family & Relationships, Science, Health & Fitness, Social Science
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages