When Breath Becomes Air
Kalanithi, Paul,
When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese. - xix, 228 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016.
You are a young neurosurgeon. You have completed 11 years of training. You are devoted to your work and on the brink of a wonderful career. Then you are diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. 'When Breath Becomes Air' is an unforgettable reflection on the practice of medicine and the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.
9781784701994 (pbk.) : £8.99
Kalanithi, Paul--Career in medicine.
Kalanithi, Paul--Health.
Nervous system--Surgery.
Lungs--Cancer--Patients--United States.
Physician and patient.
Health and Wellbeing.
RD592.9 / .K3 2017
617.48092
When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese. - xix, 228 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016.
You are a young neurosurgeon. You have completed 11 years of training. You are devoted to your work and on the brink of a wonderful career. Then you are diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. 'When Breath Becomes Air' is an unforgettable reflection on the practice of medicine and the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.
9781784701994 (pbk.) : £8.99
Kalanithi, Paul--Career in medicine.
Kalanithi, Paul--Health.
Nervous system--Surgery.
Lungs--Cancer--Patients--United States.
Physician and patient.
Health and Wellbeing.
RD592.9 / .K3 2017
617.48092