When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.

By:

Kalanithi, Paul [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : The Bodley Head 2016Description: xix, 228 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781847923677 (hbk.) :

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Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:

617.48092 23

LOC classification:

RD592.9

Summary: 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.

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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.

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