Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

41 reviews

kristy_102's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I cried a LOT. This should be compulsory reading for anyone who has or may have contact with the medical profession- so, everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lkristin2018's review against another edition

Graphic explanation of working on a cadaver in medical school - too emotionally disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

puifaii's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent

deestreet's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Physical abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

captainrenjamin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Medical trauma

tellingmyselfastory's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I read this book in one day. I couldn't put it down. It's hopefully heartbreaking. One of the themes that kept coming up that I resonated with is the way the healthcare system dulls the empathy of it's professionals. How it's easier to disconnect into the statistics and turn the patient into another number. I found his philosophy on medicine fascinating. 

Our culture doesn't like to discuss death but this does in such a thoughtful way. It's real and honest.  But it's also about living. And how living and dying are connected. Living with the knowledge you are dying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

Discussion of IVF and family planning

kira20's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gore and Suicide

venetiana's review against another edition

I'm sure this is great, just too heavy for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Grief

thefemale_nickmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail