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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The definitive resource on perhaps the single most universal human concern: death.

Even more relevant than when it was first published, this edition addresses contemporary issues in end-of-life... Read Full Overview

Attempting to demythologize the process of dying, Nuland explores how we shall die, each of us in a way that will be unique. Through particular stories of dying--of patients, and of his own family--he examines the seven most common roads to death: old age, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's,... Read Full Overview

Attempting to demythologize the process of dying, Nuland explores how we shall die, each of us in a way that will be unique. Through particular stories of dying--of patients, and of his own family--he examines the seven most common roads to death: old age, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's,... Read Full Overview

This is an explanation of what happens to us when we die, whether it be through old age, cancer, AIDS, heart disease, Alzheimer's, an accident, a stroke, or murder. The author explores each of these areas, illuminating them with stories of particular individuals - patients, friends,... Read Full Overview