In an early chapter Dr. Nuland is still a third-year medical student taking a patient's history, when the patient suffers a severe cardiac event. The thriller ...

In this book journey he dictates process of observing a friend in the process of dying and using his tools of kindness, compassion and observation for a humane ...

He is the author of over ten books, including the National Book Award-winning, HOW WE DIE: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, an inquiry into the causes and ...

How We Die. Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, New Edition (National Book Award Winner) ... His book How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final… ... His book How We ...

May 22, 2013 · Death — the coming end — is what gives life its meaning. It is what makes every moment priceless. There's no time to procrastinate. There's no ...

In hardcover and paperback, How We Die was on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of thirty-four weeks, and has been translated into twenty-nine ...

Published in 1994, Sherwin B. Nuland's How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter is a meditation on the nature of death and dying.

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.

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 ...

A chapter entitles "Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia" provides the cumulative observations of death that is not the result of disease or over indulgence.