By Sherwin B. Nuland. 302 pp. New York, Random House, 2007. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4000-6477-9.
As a geriatrician, I am familiar with most of the biologicaland medical topics discussed in this book. But as Sherwin Nulandis above all an excellent and thoughtful writer, I simply enjoyedreading it. The book does not, it seems to me, speak primarilyto physicians or their aged patients but speaks to anyone interestedin human aging. As Nuland points out, the purpose of the bookis "to tell of human aging and its rewards — and alsoof its discontents . . . to tell of how best to preparefor the changes that inevitably demand accommodation, demanda . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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