When Breath Becomes Air: An Interview With Dr Lucy Kalanithi

Full transcript here: http://wb.md/2kKXPTO

When neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi passed away at age 37 from metastatic lung cancer on March 9, 2015, he left behind an unfinished manuscript with notes to his wife Lucy about publishing the text. Published posthumously, When Breath Becomes Air immediately became a national bestseller and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly 3 months.


Here, Kalanithi's widow, herself an internist at Stanford, talks with Eric Topol about her husband, his book, and the legacy of living meaningfully that he left behind.

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