At the tail end of his training, Paul is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and must confront his own mortality.
During his time as a practicing surgeon, he discovers how to guide patients with compassion and care through life-changing illnesses and injuries and learns how to have judgment in both treating patients and in speaking with them. After graduating from Medical School, he and his wife Lucy return to Stanford so that Paul can complete his residency.
Paul grows up the son of a doctor in Kingman, Arizona, before studying English and Biology at Stanford, then attending the Yale School of Medicine. When Breath Becomes Air is first and foremost an account of Paul’s life as well as his exploration of what makes a virtuous and meaningful life in the face of death.
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