How we die : reflections on life's final chapter
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New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1994.
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Published
New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1994.
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Book
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xviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English

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Includes index.
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"There is a vast literature on death and dying, but there are few reliable accounts of the ways in which we die. The intimate account of how various diseases take away life, offered in How We Die, is not meant to prompt horror or terror but to demythologize the process of dying to help us rid ourselves of that fear of the terra incognita." "Though the avenues of death - AIDS, cancer, heart attack, Alzheimer's, accident, and stroke - are common, each of us will die in a way different from any that has gone before. Each one of death's diverse appearances is as distinctive as that singular face we each show during our lives. Behind each death is a story." "In How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland, a surgeon and teacher of medicine, tells some stories of dying that reveal not only why someone dies but how. 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."--Jacket.
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National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Nuland, S. B. (1994). How we die: reflections on life's final chapter . A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Nuland, Sherwin B. 1994. How We Die: Reflections On Life's Final Chapter. A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Nuland, Sherwin B. How We Die: Reflections On Life's Final Chapter A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc, 1994.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Nuland, Sherwin B. How We Die: Reflections On Life's Final Chapter A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1994.

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