Sherwin B. Nuland
Sherwin B. Nuland | |
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| Born | Shepsel Ber Nudelman December 8, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 2014 (aged 83) Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bronx High School of Science New York University Yale School of Medicine |
| Known for | How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter |
| Spouses |
Sarah Peterson (m. 1977) |
| Children | 4, including Victoria |
| Awards | 1994 National Book Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Surgeon, writer, educator |
| Institutions | Yale School of Medicine |
Sherwin Bernard Nuland[1] (born Shepsel Ber Nudelman; December 8, 1930 – March 3, 2014) 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
In 2011 Nuland was awarded the Jonathan Rhoads Gold Medal of the American Philosophical Society, for “Distinguished Service to Medicine.”[3]
Nuland wrote non-academic articles for
He is the father of Victoria Nuland, who served as under secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2021 to 2024.
Biography
Nuland was born Shepsel Ber Nudelman in
Although raised in a traditional
Nuland was a graduate of
At the time of his death, he was living in
Dr. Nuland avowed a "unique relationship" with death. The 1994 National Book Award for nonfiction was granted to his How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter.[9]
In a 2001
As drug therapy remained ineffective, a lobotomy was suggested, but his treating resident suggested electroshock therapy instead, which led to his recovery.[10] Twelve years after the talk, TED's Curator, Chris Anderson, recalled that Nuland's talk "remains one of the most powerful moments in the conference’s history."[11]
Nuland was also one of the featured lecturers at One Day University.[12]
In 2005, Nuland taught a series of lectures for the Teaching Company's
Nuland died on March 3, 2014, at his home in Hamden, Connecticut, of prostate cancer.[7]
Books
- Doctors: The Biography of Medicine (New York: Knopf, 1988) ISBN 0-679-76009-1
- Medicine: The Art of Healing (New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc. Distributed by Macmillan, 1992) ISBN 0-88363-292-6
- How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter (New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1994) ISBN 0-679-41461-4
- The Wisdom of the Body (New York: Knopf, 1997) ISBN 0-679-44407-6
- How We Live (New York: Vintage Books, 1998) [originally published as The Wisdom of the Body in 1997] ISBN 0-09-976761-9
- Leonardo Da Vinci (Penguin Lives) (New York: Viking, 2000) ISBN 0-670-89391-9
- The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000) ISBN 0-684-85486-4
- The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003) ISBN 0-393-05299-0
- Lost in America: A Journey with My Father (New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 2003) ISBN 0-375-41294-8
- Maimonides (Jewish Encounters) (New York: Nextbook: Schocken, 2005) ISBN 0-8052-4200-7
- The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being (New York: Random House, 2007) ISBN 1-4000-6477-5
- The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine (New York: Random House, 2008) ISBN 1-4000-6478-3
- ISBN 1-60714-055-1
References
- ^ Yale School of Medicine biography page Archived March 4, 2014, at archive.today
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1994". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "Sherwin Nuland | Branford College". Branford.yalecollege.yale.edu. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ The Hastings Center Archived May 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Hastings Center Fellows. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- ^ a b "Unassimilated parents".
- ^ a b "Sherwin Nuland – Physician – Why I Had to Change My Name". Web of Stories.
- ^ a b c Gellene, Denise (March 5, 2014). "Sherwin B. Nuland, Author of 'How We Die,' Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. p. A20. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ Edward Hendrie, Solving the Mystery of Babylon the Great (Great Mountain, 2011), 148.
- ^ Emily Langer, "Sherwin B. Nuland, surgeon and writer who demystified death, dies at 83" (The Washington Post, March 5, 2014).
- ^ "Sherwin Nuland on Electroshock Therapy". Filmed 2001, posted 2007. Talks. TED: Ideas Worth Sharing. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ Emily McManus, "Remembering Sherwin Nuland" (TED Blog, March 6, 2014) at http://blog.ted.com/2014/03/06/remembering-sherwin-nuland/.
- ^ "One Day University". Onedayu.com. April 21, 2013. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Sherwin B. Nuland at IMDb
- Sherwin B. Nuland tells his life story (video)
- Sherwin Nuland's 2001 TEDTalk, on the history of electroshock therapy and his personal experience with severe depression
- Sherwin Nuland vs. Aubrey de Grey in a clip from the documentary, HOW TO LIVE FOREVER
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Sherwin B. Nuland Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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