by Sherwin B. Nuland · Taurus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430606412
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«El arte de envejecer» is Sherwin B. Nuland's essay on aging, published by Taurus in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
Drawing on his medical experience, Nuland analyzes how aging affects the body, mind, aspirations and relationships. Faced with decline, he proposes aging as an art: inner strength, deep bonds and acceptance of limits help to live it well. He also reviews research on extending life.
The edition carries the subtitle «las recomendaciones del médico de cabecera de más de 2.000.000 de lectores». The translation is by Victoria Gordo del Rey and the edition is dated 2007.
A work for readers interested in the psychology of aging and in a humanist and medical view of maturity.
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.
