When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi; foreword by Abraham Verghese.
Publisher: London : Vintage Books, 2017Description: xix, 228 pages ; 20 cmISBN: 9781784701994 (paperback)Subject(s): Kalanithi, Paul -- Career in medicine | Kalanithi, Paul -- Health | Nervous system -- Surgery | Lungs -- Cancer -- Patients -- United States | Physician and patientSummary: At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father. Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book
|
Mercy University Hospital Psycho-oncology | Adult | EL 07 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39117000000076 |
Browsing Mercy University Hospital Psycho-oncology shelves, Collection: Adult Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016.
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.
When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father.
Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.
There are no comments on this title.