How we die : reflections on life's final chapter /
Nuland, Sherwin B.,
How we die : reflections on life's final chapter / Sherwin B. Nuland, with a foreword by Paul Kalanithi. - 25th anniversary edition - xxii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
First edition: New York : A.A. Knopf ; London : Chatto & Windus, 1994. Includes index.
There are many books intended to help people deal with the trauma of bereavement, but few which explore the reality of death itself. Sherwin B. Nuland - with over thirty years' experience as a surgeon - explains in detail the processes which take place in the body and strips away many illusions about death. The result is a unique and compelling book, addressing the one final fact that all of us must confront.
9780099476412 (paperback)
Death.
How we die : reflections on life's final chapter / Sherwin B. Nuland, with a foreword by Paul Kalanithi. - 25th anniversary edition - xxii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
First edition: New York : A.A. Knopf ; London : Chatto & Windus, 1994. Includes index.
There are many books intended to help people deal with the trauma of bereavement, but few which explore the reality of death itself. Sherwin B. Nuland - with over thirty years' experience as a surgeon - explains in detail the processes which take place in the body and strips away many illusions about death. The result is a unique and compelling book, addressing the one final fact that all of us must confront.
9780099476412 (paperback)
Death.