A physician who teaches at the yale school of medicine, nuland writes gracefully about a topic most of us would rather not dwell onour impending deaths. Nuland is a clinical professor of surgery at yale university, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. Before retiring to write fulltime, he was a surgeon at yalenew haven hospital from 1962 to 1992. Reflections on lifes final chapter kindle edition by. The nba nonfiction winner, yale physician nuland s study of the clinical, biological and emotional details of. In more ways than one, this book about death and dying is new and different. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and. Discover the answers in this exclusive 25th anniversary edition of sherwin b nulands seminal book. Melding a scientists passion for truth with a humanists understanding of the. Melding a scientists passion for truth with a humanists understanding of the heart and soul, nuland. Winner 1994 national book award winner american library association best books for young adults an international bestseller and national book award winner, sherwin b. It was helpful, informative and downright fascinating. The art of aging new hampshire state library overdrive.
Reflections on lifes final chapter kindle edition by nuland, sherwin b download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its at once scientific and accessible, precise and philosophical, elegant and blunt. Reflections of lifes final chapter, new edition pdf. This new edition includes an allembracing and incisive afterword that examines the current state of health care and our relationship with life as it approaches its termin. Reflections on lifes final chapter several years ago. Us surgeon sherwin nuland 19302014 taught bioethics, the history of medicine, and medicine at yale university. A runaway bestseller and national book award winner, sherwin nulands. Through particular stories of dyingof patients, and of his own familyhe examines. Reflections on lifes final chapter is a meditation. Reflections on lifes final chapter sherwin b nuland.
Sherwin nuland introduced a new kind of writing with this book, and his insights sparkle as much now as they did twentyfive years ago. Nuland has now written his most thoughtful and engaging book. This new edition includes an incisive afterword that examines the current state of health care and our relationship with life as it approaches its terminus. With a brand new chapter addressing modern points in finishoflife care.
This new edition includes an allembracing and incisive afterword that examines the current state of health care and our relationship with life as it approaches its terminus. He offers a portrait of the experience of dying that makes clear the choices that can be made to allow each of us his or her own death. Reflections on lifes final chapter, which won the national book award, lost in america. We can also have some control, at least some semblance of control, of how we react to it when it comes. Sherwin nuland was a wellknown surgeon in the us at the top of his profession. The biography of medicine, the wisdom of the body, the doctors plague, the uncertain art, and the memoir lost in america. Reflections on lifes final chapter, which won the national book award. Melding a scientists passion for truth with a humanists unde. Nuland s portrait of maimonides makes his life, his times, and his thought accessible to the general reader as they never have before. It also discusses how we can take control of our own final days and those of our loved ones. Moses maimonides was a renaissance man before there was a renaissance. Nuland is available at in several formats for your ereader. Through particular stories of dying of patients, and of his own family he examines the seven most common roads to death. The rest of us are doomed to prolonged suffering before we shuffle off of this mortal coil.
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Commentary what makes this book such compelling reading is that nuland brings to this subject all of the depth and breadth of his background and his deep concern for the human condition. Reflections on lifes final chapter breaks the mold. How we live is more of the same, but focuses on startling recoveries, remissions and successes. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships.
There are many books intended to help people deal with the trauma of bereavement, but few which explore the reality of death itself. Through particular stories of dying of patients, and of his own family he examines the. The biography of medicine, the wisdom of the body, the mysteries within, lost in america. An international bestseller and national book award winner, sherwin b. Through particular stories of dyingof patients, and of his own familyhe examines the seven most common roads to death.
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