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8Books Review: Being Mortal

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Jeff

I learned about Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal in a roundabout way. John and I receive a lot of marketing materials about Asian American movies and media in general. One of those movies is Good Fortune directed and starting Aziz Ansari. … Continue reading →

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Nonsmoking Stanford Doctor and Professor tells his Lung Cancer Story

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Jeff

We have talked about the increasing incidence of lung cancer among female Asian American nonsmokers, but male Asian American doctor and Stanford professor Bryant Lin tells about his lung cancer story in a class called “From Diagnosis to Dialogue: A … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Jeff

My schedule rarely allows me to read entire books, but after I read about Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, a New York Times bestseller, I decided that I would actually buy and read it. While Kalanithi didn’t focus his book … Continue reading →

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When Breath Becomes Air: A Doctor’s Reflection on Meaning and Dying

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Jeff

Dr. Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who never smoked yet was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and died last year at the age of 37.  Between his diagnosis and eventual death, he and his wife Lucy had a child, … Continue reading →

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