How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final ChapterAttempting 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 |
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Comentariu Utilizator - asxz - LibraryThingIn When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi recommended this book so I sought it out and read it. Taking a tour of heart disease, Alzheimer's, AIDS and cancer, Dr. Nuland presents a dispassionate, yet ... Citiți recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - knightlight777 - LibraryThingNot the most pleasant of subjects to address, but sooner or later we will all share the common unpleasant experience. Dr. Nuland takes us through a number of interesting and in some aspects stark ... Citiți recenzia completă
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| Titlu | How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter |
| Autor | Sherwin B Nuland |
| Ediție | retipărită |
| Editor | Vintage Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0679742441, 9780679742449 |
| Lungime | 278 pagini |
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