Tag Archives: Doctor patient relationship

“When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

A neurosurgeon with cancer explores what makes life meaningful in the face of death
Posted on August 2, 2019 by Rachel Jones (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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
Posted on March 20, 2015 by Marissa Abruzzini (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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.
Posted on September 27, 2013 by MaryFrances Knapp (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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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