Being Mortal

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, changing the dangers of childbirth, injury and disease from unmanageable to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of ageing and death, what medicine can do is often...

When Breath Becomes Air

Inspiring, perfectly observed memoirs find hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable adversity as an idealistic young neurosurgeon tries to answer the question: what makes life worth living? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing ...