Sherwin B. Nuland (1930–2014)
Author of How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
About the Author
Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland was born Shepsel Ber Nudelman on December 8, 1930 in the Bronx, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1951 and a medical degree from Yale University in 1955. He decided to specialize in surgery and in 1958, became the chief surgical resident at show more Yale-New Haven Hospital. From 1962 to 1991, he was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also taught bioethics and medical history. Before retiring to write full-time, he was a surgeon at Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1962 to 1992. His books include Doctors: The Biography of Medicine, The Wisdom of the Body, The Doctors' Plague, The Uncertain Art, and the memoir Lost in America. His book, How We Die, won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1994. He was also a contributing editor to The American Scholar and The New Republic. He died of prostate cancer on March 3, 2014 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Sherwin B. Nuland
The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (2003) 252 copies
Sherwin B Nuland / Maimonides 2005 2 copies
The Beast in the Belly 1 copy
Lister and the Germ Theory 1 copy
Comp Morremos 1 copy
Vesalius and the Renaissance 1 copy
The Paradox of Galen 1 copy
Der Blick unter die Haut. Der Weg der Medizin von der Magie zur Wissenschaft - und zurück (2002) 1 copy
The Awakening 1 copy
Associated Works
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 389 copies
Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams (New Directions Paperbook, Ndp827) (1996) — Introduction, some editions — 69 copies
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- Canonical name
- Nuland, Sherwin B.
- Legal name
- Nuland, Sherwin Bernard
- Other names
- Nudelman, Shepsel Ber (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1930-12-08
- Date of death
- 2014-03-03
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- Education
- New York University (1951)
Yale University (MD|1955) - Occupations
- surgeon
professor
medical ethicist - Relationships
- Nuland, Victoria (daughter)
- Organizations
- Yale University
American Philosophical Society - Awards and honors
- Jonathan Rhoads Gold Medal
National Book Award
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How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter,… by Sherwin B. Nuland
A myth-busting book that addresses the many ways our bodies fail us in the end. Not particularly uplifting.
Very helpful in understanding that last phase of life, and keeping it all in perspective when dealing with a family member's imminent demise. And of course, one's own ultimate journey, as no one gets out of here alive.
Alright, to better put my perspective, I laid the book out in two parts.
Part One: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci, &
Part Two: Venerating his Anatomic Works
Here's how I felt about each part.
Part One: Oh wow, he's pretty smart, too bad no one really listened to him.
Part Two: MY BOY, WHY! You're SO fucking smart, yet you didn't think to write a SINGLE book for the betterment of mankind?! Why did no one listen to him?! Whyyyy (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
Overall: Yeah, it's a good book. This is one of the first non-fiction books I've ever read, and I'm very glad that it is. I should give it five stars, but I feel that Part Two drags a bit, and that whole controversy on whether Da Vinci was gay or not kind of comes off as a bit iffy to me. Don't get me wrong, I think the author approached it quite tastefully, but he's a little too confident with his speculations, and a bit invasive. All in all, what wonderful little biography, I certainly found the life of Da Vinci to be worth the read.… (more)
Part One: Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci, &
Part Two: Venerating his Anatomic Works
Here's how I felt about each part.
Part One: Oh wow, he's pretty smart, too bad no one really listened to him.
Part Two: MY BOY, WHY! You're SO fucking smart, yet you didn't think to write a SINGLE book for the betterment of mankind?! Why did no one listen to him?! Whyyyy (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
Overall: Yeah, it's a good book. This is one of the first non-fiction books I've ever read, and I'm very glad that it is. I should give it five stars, but I feel that Part Two drags a bit, and that whole controversy on whether Da Vinci was gay or not kind of comes off as a bit iffy to me. Don't get me wrong, I think the author approached it quite tastefully, but he's a little too confident with his speculations, and a bit invasive. All in all, what wonderful little biography, I certainly found the life of Da Vinci to be worth the read.… (more)
Redundant and overly focused on things that I felt were irrelevant.
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