When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.
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 human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
Record details
- ISBN: 081298840X
- ISBN: 9780812988406
- Physical Description: xix, 228 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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- Kalanithi, Paul > Health.
Kalanithi, Paul > Death and burial.
Lungs > Cancer > Patients > United States > Biography.
Neurosurgeons > Biography.
Husband and wife. - Genre:
- Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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- 114 of 132 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 3 current holds with 132 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO KALANITHI (Text) | 36015000613626 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | BIO KALANITHI (Text) | 36015001200951 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | BIO KALANITHI (Text) | 36015000902599 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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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 human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
