2016年1月12日 · An Amazon Best Book of January 2016: When Breath Becomes Air is a powerful look at a stage IV lung cancer diagnosis through the eyes of a neurosurgeon. When Paul Kalanithi is given his diagnosis he is forced to see this disease, and the process of being sick, as a patient rather than a doctor--the result of his experience is not just a look at ...

When Breath Becomes Air is a non-fiction autobiographical book written by American neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi. It is a memoir about his life and battling stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House on January 12, 2016. [1]

2016年1月12日 · When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.

In a hospital room at the Stanford Medical Center, Paul Kalanithi flips through his CT scan images, which show that his lungs are filled with tumors. His wife Lucy is by his side. Paul is a neurosurgical resident in his last year of training at Stanford.

Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi (April 1, 1977 – March 9, 2015) was an American neurosurgeon and writer. His book When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about his life and illness with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House in January 2016. [1]

2016年1月12日 · When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.

2016年1月12日 · When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both. Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon and writer.

In May 2013, Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. After a round of successful treatment, he returned to work as a chief resident, but the following spring the disease relapsed and he underwent intensive chemotherapy. In July 2014, his daughter Cady was born, and he died the following year on March 9, 2015 at age 37.

6 天之前 · When Breath Becomes Air is a poignant memoir written by Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon who confronts his own mortality after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at the age of thirty-six. The narrative explores Kalanithi’s journey from being a doctor trained to save lives to becoming a patient who is grappling with his own impending ...