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      Death as doctor and patient | CBC.ca Loaded

      Death as doctor and patient

      8 years ago
      Duration 0:47

      Death as doctor and patient

      • 8 years ago
      • Radio
      • Duration 0:47

      After being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer at only 36, neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi used his last remaining years to write about mortality as both doctor and patient. His widow, Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, talks about what drove him to write "When Breath Becomes Air."

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