Sherwin B. Nuland

Sherwin B. Nuland (December 8, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American surgeon and author who taught bioethics, history of medicine, and literature at Yale University. He was the author of How We Die, which won the National Book Award.

Early life and education

Nuland was born Shepsel Ber Nudelman in The Bronx, New York City, to immigrant Jewish parents Meyer and Vitsche Nudelman. He changed his name to Sherwin Bernard Nuland at age 14. He studied at New York University and then at Yale School of Medicine.

Career

Nuland worked as a surgeon at Yale–New Haven Hospital from 1962 until his retirement in 1992. He was Clinical Professor of Surgery at Yale until his death. He wrote a number of books, including How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1994 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1995.

Personal life and death

Nuland was married twice and had four children. He died on March 3, 2014, from prostate cancer.

Works

• Doctors: The Biography of Medicine (1988)
• How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter (1994)
• The Wisdom of the Body (1997)
• Lost in America: A Journey with My Father (2003)
• The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being (2007)

External links

• New York Times Obituary
• The Guardian Obituary

Sherwin B. Nuland Resources
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