A great aid to that noble dinner party game: how would you choose
to go if you could pick your mode of dying? Little philosophical
waffle here: this is a series of gritty portraits of the physical
reality of death from a variety of causes, including heart disease,
murder, suicide, cancer and, inevitably, AIDS; supplemented with
medical explanations of the mechanics of failing bodies. It is a
process in which Dr Nuland discerns little dignity, however much we
may wish it. Not for the hypochondriac, but justifiably a
bestseller for demythologizing the secrets of dying now so well
concealed by the modern hospital method of death. (Kirkus UK)
What happens to us as we die? Discover the answers in this exclusive 25th anniversary edition of Sherwin B Nuland’s seminal book
With a foreword by Paul Kalanithi, bestselling author of When Breath Becomes Air.
There are many books intended to help people deal with the trauma of bereavement, but few which explore the reality of death itself. Sherwin B. Nuland - with over thirty years' experience as a surgeon - explains in detail the processes which take place in the body and strips away many illusions about death. The result is a unique and compelling book, addressing the one final fact that all of us must confront.
'I don't know of any writer or scientist who has shown us the face of death as clearly, honestly and compassionately as Sherwin Nuland does here' James Gleick, author of Chaos
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