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How We Die

Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, New Edition (National Book Award Winner)

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How We Die

By: Sherwin B. Nuland
Narrated by: Sherwin B. Nuland
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive resource on perhaps the single most universal human concern: death.

Even more relevant than when it was first published, this edition addresses contemporary issues in end-of-life care and includes an all-embracing and incisive afterword that examines the state of health care and our relationship with life as it approaches its terminus. How We Die also discusses how we can take control of our own final days and those of our loved ones.


"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

©1994 Sherwin B. Nuland; (P)1994 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc.
Biological Sciences Grief & Loss Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Relationships Science Heartfelt Medicine

Critic Reviews

"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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While I was so pleased to get this abridged copy of Dr Nuland's revered book which discusses death, and our inevitable journey there, I was only sorry there was not more. I have purchased a print copy so I can read the entire book.
Congratulations to the author for his profound contribution to the reality of death by which all carers should only be comforted.

An honest account of death

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