Book · 1994 · Death
How We Die
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And you know there has been a lot written about including the Sherwin nulan book you mentioned earlier how we die about how modern society but modern America in particular has just removed death from life.
Stephen Dubner · No Stupid Questions · Jun 2020 Listen at 25:53 The best things said about it
There was that Sherwin newand book um about 30 years ago now how we die.
Um also you also mentioned Sherwin Nan's book how we die which I think really until this most recent wave was kind of the last major book.
Sherwin Nulan a surgeon who wrote How We Die in 1980.
Later on in the episode Angela shares that as a young woman she was very interested in reading and learning about death. she thought she first read Sherwin B Nan's how we die while she was in high school.
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How We Die by Sherwin Nuland is a medical and philosophical examination of the physical processes surrounding the end of life in modern society. Atul Gawande discussed the book on How I Write, citing it as an influential work by a surgeon who serves as a professional hero. The book was also explored on episodes of The Book Review, where critics Dwight Garner and Gilbert Cruz talked about it alongside Andrew Solomon, framing Nuland's work as a landmark predecessor to contemporary literature about mortality. They noted that it deeply examined how modern American society has sanitized and distanced everyday life from the reality of dying. Furthermore, on No Stupid Questions, Steven Dubner and Rebecca Lee Douglas referenced the book while discussing how modern institutions remove death from the human experience, with Douglas using the text to correct a timeline regarding when co-host Angela Duckworth first encountered literature about dying during her youth. Across these various podcast appearances, Nuland's work was consistently remembered as a compassionate, groundbreaking study that shattered cultural taboos surrounding the dying process.
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Atul Gawande Sherwin Nulan a surgeon who wrote How We Die in 1980. 1
“Sherwin Nulan a surgeon who wrote How We Die in 1980.”
Dwight Garner there was that Sherwin newand book um about 30 years ago now how we die 1
“there was that Sherwin newand book um about 30 years ago now how we die”
Gilbert Cruz um also you also mentioned Sherwin Nan's book how we die which I think really until this most recent wave w… 1
“um also you also mentioned Sherwin Nan's book how we die which I think really until this most recent wave was kind of the last major book”
Stephen Dubner and you know there has been a lot written about including the Sherwin nulan book you mentioned earlier how… 1
“and you know there has been a lot written about including the Sherwin nulan book you mentioned earlier how we die about how modern society but modern America in particular has just removed death from life”
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“Later on in the episode Angela shares that as a young woman she was very interested in reading and learning about death. she thought she first read Sherwin B Nan's how we die while she was in high school”
