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How We Die

Sherwin B Nuland

A surgeon explains how common diseases bring death and how honest care can help patients and families make decisions. His cases include hard lessons from his own practice.

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14 parts, about 27 minutes to read.

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Author
Sherwin B Nuland
Parts
14 parts
Reading time
about 27 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Introduction1 min
  2. The Strangled Heart2 min
  3. A Valentine and How It Fails2 min
  4. Three Score and Ten2 min
  5. Doors to Death of the Aged2 min
  6. Alzheimer’s Disease3 min
  7. Murder and Serenity2 min
  8. Accidents, Suicide, and Euthanasia2 min
  9. A Story of AIDS2 min
  10. The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man2 min
  11. The Malevolence of Cancer2 min
  12. Hope and the Cancer Patient2 min
  13. The Lessons Learned2 min
  14. Epilogue1 min

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  • Puts it into practiceBeing Mortal

    Nuland asks doctors to honor patients' values; Gawande turns that principle into questions about understanding, fears, and acceptable tradeoffs before recommending a course, rather than merely listing options.

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