How We Die

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There are many books intended to help people deal with the trauma of bereavement, but few which explore the reality of death itself.<i>How We Die</i>sets out to explain exactly what happens to each of us when we die. Sherwin B. Nuland - with over 30 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.

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Sherwin B. Nuland taught surgery and the history of medicine at Yale. He wrote<i>Doctors: The Biography of Medicine,</i>as well as<i>The Wisdom of the Body</i>, published by Chatto&Windus. He died at age 83 in March 2014 at his home in Hamden, Connecticut.

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