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Metaphors reveal how a neurosurgeon narrated death while facing terminal cancer

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A new study examining death-related conceptual metaphors employed by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi in his memoir, "When Breath Becomes Air," sheds light on how he depicted death after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 36.

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