Poets, essayists, chroniclers, wags, and wise men write oft… - Sherwin B. Nuland

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Poets, essayists, chroniclers, wags, and wise men write often about death but have rarely seem it. Physicians and nurses, who see it often, rarely write about it.

Sherwin B. Nuland

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Sherwin Bernard Nuland (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 at Yale College.

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Birth Name: Shepsel Ber Nudelman

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