How
we
die

March 3, 2014 -- "What is the experience of going though a heart attack? What is that like?" asks Dr. Atul Gawande in this NPR interview about Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of the ground-breaking How We Die that de-mythologized death. Nuland died today of prostate cancer at age 83.

Gawande observes that, until recently, medical students weren't taught about death. "It was a revelation," he says. "You could be direct with people. You could tell them the truth about what happens while being humane... what it means to be a good doctor."

Read the book. And applaud these doctors who are making a real difference in how we handle that final phase.

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