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  2. Barb Tarbox - Wikipedia

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    Barb Tarbox. Barb Tarbox, MSM (April 10, 1961 – May 18, 2003) was a Canadian anti- smoking activist. A lifelong smoker dying of lung and brain cancer, she openly discussed her illness, its cause and its consequences, which propelled her to prominence. In high school, between the ages of 14 and 16, she was a model for fashion companies and ...

  3. Palliative sedation - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient) is the palliative practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a dying person's life, usually by means of a continuous intravenous or subcutaneous infusion of a sedative ...

  4. When Breath Becomes Air - Wikipedia

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    OCLC. 909925278. Dewey Decimal. 616.99/424. LC Class. RC280. When Breath Becomes Air is a non-fiction autobiographical book written by American neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi. It is a memoir about his life and battling stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House on January 12, 2016.

  5. Dying neurosurgeon pens heartbreaking memoir before his death

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    Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36 just before completing a decade of training as a neurosurgeon. In his heartbreaking and posthumous memoir, "When Breath ...

  6. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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    Lung cancer. Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the ability to multiply unchecked, causing the growth of a tumor.

  7. Terminal illness - Wikipedia

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    Terminal illness. Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, dementia or advanced heart disease than for injury. In popular use, it indicates a disease that will ...

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