When breath becomes air (Record no. 26004)
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| fixed length control field | 02094nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781847923677 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | G 616.99 KALA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kalanithi, Paul |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | When breath becomes air |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Random House, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | [2016] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 228 pages |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naïve medical student 'possessed, ' as he wrote, 'by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life' 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"--Publisher's website.<br/>"For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth livingAt the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a nai�ve medical student "possessed," as he wrote, "by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life" 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Lungs |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Abraham Verghese. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Dosco | Bill Number | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Bill Date | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Kilachand Library | Kilachand Library | Gender Identity | 25/03/2019 | Book World | 323.00 | DOSCO | 40478959532938737 | 6 | 3 | G 616.99 KALA | 028344 | 05/05/2025 | 29/04/2025 | 16/03/2019 | Books |