Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., is the author of How We Die- Reflections on Life's Final Chapter. He is clinical professor of surgery at Yale, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. In addition to his numerous articles for medical publications, he has written for The New Yorker, The New Republic, the New York Times, Time, and the New York Review of Books. He writes a regular column for The American Scholar entitled ""The Uncertain Art."" Dr. Nuland and his family live in Connecticut.
Riveting. . . . A classic second-generation immigrant memoir. . . . A great book, full of feelings and memories that ring true. --The New York Times Book Review A tale with universal resonance. . . unsparing, deeply felt and searching. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Intensely attuned to small gestures of suffering and consolation, Nuland studies his family . . .with pained, humane attentiveness. A supremely gentle book. --San Francisco Chronicle Remarkable. . . . A tragic portrait that is both terrible and beautiful in its clarity. -- Seattle Times