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How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, New Edition (National Book Award Winner) Paperback - 1995
by Sherwin B. Nuland
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In an age when death occurs in sterile seclusion and is cloaked in euphemi sm and taboo, How We Die is a vital revelation. Clearly, frankly, yet compassionately, it tells us how most of us are likely to die--and in doing so , suggests how we may live more fully and meaningfully. Written by a distinguished surgeon, How We Die succeeds in restoring death to its ancient place in human existence.
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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
"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
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- Title How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, New Edition (National Book Award Winner)
- Author Sherwin B. Nuland
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1995-01-15
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780679742449 / 0679742441
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 6.6 x 0.72 in (20.22 x 16.76 x 1.83 cm)
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- Topical: Death/Dying
- Category Sociology
- Library of Congress subjects Death
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00003955
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.07
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