When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.
When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.
When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2017/2158
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 228 pages : 1 illustration ; 19 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / by Abraham Verghese -- Prologue -- In perfect health I begin -- Cease not till death -- Epilogue / by Lucy Kalanithi.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Random House, [2016]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
On the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. Kalanithi chronicles his transformation from a naïve medical student into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for huma...
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Full title
When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.
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G 2017/2158
Record Identifier
74VKVaKAPLPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaKAPLPX
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ISBN
9780812988406 hardcover
081298840X hardcover
DDC
616.99424
MMS ID
991024100913802626
