Imi Hoola Resources

Physician burnout, depression, and suicide are tearing at the fabric of our health care system, which Mukta Panda has witnessed firsthand. In a culture that privileges evidence over empathy, technology over touch, and what's measurable over what's meaningful, many of us--no matter our profession--feel more fragmented and isolated than ever.

When Breath Becomes Air follows Kalanithi's journey from medical student, deciding what would provide a meaningful life, to neurosurgeon, who operates in the very center of the human identity: the brain, before finally a patient with terminal cancer, as a new father.