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Sherwin B. Nuland
Author(s) -
Traverse Lyn D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1002/hast.299
Subject(s) - bioethics , psychology , end of life care , sociology , gerontology , palliative care , medicine , nursing , law , political science
Sherwin Nuland's contributions to the field of bioethics were many. In reaching the lay public, How We Die did much for end‐of‐life care, demythologizing the process of dying and helping doctors, patients, and families discuss death more honestly and openly. Ultimately, Shep taught me as much about life as he did about death .