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245 10 a| When breath becomes air /c| Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Random House,c| [2016];

300 a| xix, 228 pages :b| 1 illustration ;c| 20 cm;

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520 a| 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.;

505 0 a| Foreword / by Abraham Verghese -- Prologue -- In perfect health I begin -- Cease not till death -- Epilogue / by Lucy Kalanithi.;

600 10 a| Kalanithi, Paulx| Health.=| ^A1284476;

600 10 a| Kalanithi, Paulx| Death.=| ^A1284476;

650 0 a| Neurosurgeonsv| Biography.=| ^A835901;

650 0 a| Husband and wife.=| ^A6823;

650 2 a| Neurosurgeons.=| ^A1289025;

650 2 a| Lung Neoplasms.=| ^A918448;

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700 1 a| Kalanithi, Lucy,e| author of afterword, colophon, etc.=| ^A1477343;

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

Author/creator	Kalanithi, Paul author.
Other author	Verghese, Abraham, 1955- author of introduction, etc.
Other author	Kalanithi, Lucy, author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Random House, [2016]
Copyright Date	©2016
Description	xix, 228 pages : 1 illustration ; 20 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Cover image
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Kalanithi, Paul--Health. Kalanithi, Paul--Death. Lungs--Cancer. --Patients. --United States. --Biography. Neurosurgeons--Biography. Husband and wife. Neurosurgeons. Lung Neoplasms.

Contents	Foreword / by Abraham Verghese -- Prologue -- In perfect health I begin -- Cease not till death -- Epilogue / by Lucy Kalanithi.
Abstract	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.
Local note	Little--472209--305131067436$
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2015023815
ISBN	9780812988406 hardcover
ISBN	081298840X hardcover

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