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Nuland was a renowned surgeon-philosopher whose seminal book about mortality, How We Die, had come out when I was in high school but made it into my hands only in medical school. Few books I had read so directly and wholly
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
You’re taking too long. How much blood can a patient lose before death is imminent? When she didn’t reply, he all but shouted. How much blood? “Five pints.” Correct. And your blundering has cost her at least three. Dr. Seldon,
Amanda Skenandore • The Medicine Woman of Galveston
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End (Wellcome Collection)
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As documented by Sherwin Nuland, clinical professor of surgery at Yale University and National Book Award winner for How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter, many Americans have fallen prey to the idea, now avidly marketed by many big players in the health care industry, that medicine can offer a remedy to nature.
Elizabeth Bradley • The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy
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