[lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:31:20 EDT
<<outlines the four basic
ways a person dies.>>
Can you expand on this a bit? "ways" is a nebulous term in this context --
physiological ways? psychological? ???
Julie Krueger
whose Mom is in the near-end-stages of cancer
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Date: 7/3/06 8:45:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _pas@xxxxxxxxx
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At 04:21 AM 7/3/2006, you wrote:
>It seems to me Alzheimer's can be a cause of death; admittedly
>the proximate cause would be starvation (some prefer to call it
>dehydration) and admittedly also once someone is that weak, an
>infection that would not normally be fatal, is. Still, I'd be
>inclined to say Alzheimer's was a cause.
Sherwin B. Nuland's wonderful "how we die" outlines the four basic
ways a person dies. That's it. Sounds morbid, but it's a very good book.
p
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