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How We Die Reflections on Life's Final Chapter Author: Attempting to demythologize the process of dying, Nuland explores how we shall die, each of us in a way that will be unique. Through particular stories of dying--of patients, and of his own family--he examines the seven most common roads to death: old age, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, accidents, heart disease, and strokes, revealing the facets of ... more »
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Danny N. (Alameda) - Havelock, NC reviewed How We Die : Reflections on Life's Final Chapter on + 306 more book reviews
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
The moral philosophy of death with the mechanics of dying . . . author Sherwin Nuland brings us, and keeps us, with the reality that we all have a limited time here on earth and death in a myraid of forms follows. How we handle death, and how we chose to go on, can make or break us.
An excellent read, even thogh it is a subject none likes to think of.
For some of us it can help to prepare for the near future.
An excellent read, even thogh it is a subject none likes to think of.
For some of us it can help to prepare for the near future.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Beautifully written, thought provoking. I dreaded the subject matter but once I began, I couldn't put it down.
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An excellent book for anyone interested in the minute details of the process of death. A book that lends itself to be read many times to be able to absorb all the information and perspectives provided.
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