How we die : reflections on life's final chapter / Sherwin B. Nuland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nuland, Sherwin B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Medical Subjects:

Death.

Physical Description:

xviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1995.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The strangled heart

A valentine

and how it fails

Three score and ten

Doors to death of the aged

Alzheimer's disease

Murder and serenity

Accidents, suicide, and euthanasia

A story of AIDS

The life of a virus and the death of a man

The malevolence of cancer

Hope and the cancer patient

The lessons learned.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1994.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0679742441 :

OCLC:

31806990