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Sherwin B. Nuland

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American surgeon (1930-2014)

United StatesDoctorsLived 1930 to 2014 · aged 83
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Sherwin Bernard Nuland was an American surgeon and writer who taught bioethics, history of medicine, and medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, and occasionally bioethics and history of medicine at Yale College.

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1994National Book Award
1994National Book Award for Nonfiction

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Sherwin Bernard Nuland was an American surgeon and writer who taught bioethics, history of medicine, and medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, and occasionally bioethics and history of medicine at Yale College. His 1994 book How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter was a New York Times Best Seller and won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, as well as being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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United States
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Doctors
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Doctor
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deceased
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Lived 1930 to 2014 · aged 83
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8 languages

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