Nuland, Sherwin B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1988
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print in association with Alfred A. Knopf 1994
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1994
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Summary: Melding a scientist's passion for truth with a humanist's understanding of the heart and soul, professor of surgery Nuland explores the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to find that one day it is fully upon us. The changes to the senses, appearance, reflexes, physical endurance, and sexual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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Summary: Analyzes how doctor Ignac Semmelweis's reforms of the medical field led to his discovery of the correlation between hand washing and reduced infection, recounting how his work contributed to the establishment of germ theory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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Summary: Describes the complexities of two relationships; the one between doctor and patient, and the other between mentor and student.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan 2010