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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- Popularity
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- Rating
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