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🧑‍⚕️ When Breath Becomes Air 🌬️

When Breath Becomes Air

- Paul Kalanithi (Neurosurgeon)

Paul Kalanithi's book of memoirs (the author himself) on the eve of his residency before finding himself with lung cancer until his death, with his wife helping to write the epilogue of Paul's book to the last minute, so that the book can be fully completed and can be published for everyone to read according to Paul's will before his death.

🥹 ---- Personal comments ---- 🥹

The book uses easy-to-read language and conveys the thoughts, feelings of confusion, anxiety, anger, and regret of a neurosurgeon who is living and a prosperous future after years of intense study, work, and practice who one day becomes a patient who does not know how long he will last.

Read it and realize that the doctor is an ordinary person who feels scared and confused, like a typical patient, needs a family, needs hope and courage to fight cancer.

Paul also shared his experiences as a trainee and patient treatment, including his view of the emotional pressure and responsibility for the lives of patients that many doctors will experience, which can lead to the end of their lives because they bear the guilt of not being able to save their patients, as Paul's friend, Dr. Jeff.

This book is listed as one of the best books worth reading that you want to introduce your friends to. If anyone has a pickle, you want to try to read it. If anyone doesn't have one, try to read it.

✒️ ---- Some quotes from in the book ---- ✒️

"Well, I guess I learned one thing: If I'm ever feeling down about my work, I can always talk to a neurosurgeon to cheer myself up."

"It's Jeff. He killed himself." He, uh-- he apparently had a difficult complications, and his patient died. Last night he climbed onto the roof of a building and jumped off... "

"You can't ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote towards which you are ceaselessly striving."

# Books to read # whenbreathbecomesair # Paulkanithis # Biography # BookReview

2025/12/13 Edited to

... Read moreWhen Breath Becomes Air เป็นหนังสือที่ได้รับความนิยมอย่างสูงทั่วโลกและได้รับการยกย่องว่าเป็นหนังสือบันทึกความทรงจำที่ทรงคุณค่าและลึกซึ้งที่สุดเล่มหนึ่ง โดยเฉพาะสำหรับผู้ที่สนใจเรื่องราวของชีวิต ความตาย และการค้นหาความหมายของชีวิตผ่านมุมมองของหมอผู้ที่ต้องรับมือกับโรคร้ายด้วยตัวเอง Paul Kalanithi เล่าเรื่องราวชีวิตของเขาตั้งแต่ก่อนเข้ารับการฝึกฝึกงานเป็นหมอจนกระทั่งได้รับข่าวร้ายว่าเป็นโรคมะเร็งปอด ซึ่งเป็นเรื่องที่ทำให้ผู้อ่านสะเทือนใจและรับรู้ถึงความเปราะบางของชีวิต แม้จะเป็นหมอที่มีความรู้ความสามารถสูงแต่ก็ไม่อาจหยุดยั้งความเจ็บป่วยของตัวเองได้ ทำให้เกิดความสับสน กังวล และความกลัวซึ่งเป็นสิ่งที่ทุกคนต้องเผชิญเมื่อเจ็บป่วยรุนแรง ความน่าสนใจของหนังสือเล่มนี้คือการที่ Paul สามารถถ่ายทอดประสบการณ์ความรู้สึกทั้งในฐานะผู้รักษาและผู้ป่วยไปพร้อมกันได้อย่างกลมกลืน เขายังเล่าถึงแรงกดดันทางจิตใจของหมอที่ต้องรับผิดชอบชีวิตคนไข้ ความรู้สึกผิดและความเศร้าเมื่อไม่สามารถรักษาชีวิตคนไข้ไว้ได้ เช่นเดียวกับเหตุการณ์ของหมอ Jeff เพื่อนร่วมงานที่จบชีวิตตัวเองหลังจากเผชิญความสูญเสียอย่างหนัก นอกจากนี้ หนังสือยังส่งเสริมให้ผู้อ่านคิดทบทวนถึงความหมายของชีวิตและความตาย ผ่านสำนวนภาษาที่เรียบง่ายแต่ลึกซึ้ง ทำให้ผู้อ่านสามารถเข้าถึงอารมณ์และความคิดของผู้เขียนได้อย่างแท้จริง สำหรับผู้ที่กำลังมองหาหนังสือที่ให้กำลังใจและสะท้อนถึงความจริงของชีวิตอย่างลึกซึ้งเล่มนี้ถือเป็นตัวเลือกที่ยอดเยี่ยม ไม่เพียงแต่จะช่วยให้เข้าใจการทำงานของหมอประสาทศัลยแพทย์ แต่ยังช่วยให้เห็นถึงความสำคัญของการมีครอบครัว การมีความหวัง และความกล้าที่จะเผชิญหน้ากับความท้าทายของชีวิต สรุปแล้ว When Breath Becomes Air คือหนังสือ memoir ที่เปี่ยมไปด้วยความจริงใจ ถ่ายทอดโดยหมอที่ต้องเผชิญชีวิตกับโรคร้ายและเหตุการณ์ชีวิตที่หนักหน่วงเหมือนกันกับคนทั่วไป จึงไม่แปลกใจที่หนังสือเล่มนี้จะกลายเป็น worldwide bestseller ที่ถูกแปลและอ่านอย่างกว้างขวางทั่วโลก

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