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“When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

A neurosurgeon with cancer explores what makes life meaningful in the face of death

Paul Kalanithi’s cancer became the impetus for his bestselling memoir, “When Breath Becomes Air” – fulfilling his lifelong ambition to become a writer while cutting that life tragically short. The book reveals the story of a neurosurgery resident on the … Continue reading

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Internal Medicine: A Doctor’s Stories by Terrence Holt

Terrence Holt talks about the most surprising stories of his early medical career in this suspenseful page-turner

When you’ve worked in a hospital’s ICU as long as Terrence Holt has, you learn a thing or two about death. His book, Internal Medicine: A Doctor’s Stories, takes a parabolic twist to gritty stories from hospital residents. While plenty … Continue reading

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“The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life” by Ira Byock, M.D.

The palliative care physician explains what it means to provide the best care possible as a doctor to the dying.

The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life is author and doctor Ira Byock, M.D.’s latest opus on end-of-life care. The palliative care physician’s reflections on being a “doctor to the dying” are … Continue reading

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