The speaker, Lucy Kalanithi, is a caregiver and the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, the author of When Breath Becomes Air, a New York Times Bestseller. In the TEDTalk, she talks about what she felt and what happened when her husband died from having tumors in his lungs and bones, and finally dying of cancer. Paul was a neurosurgeon and Lucy was a physician. They met at Yale Medical School in 2003 and got married 3 years later. 8 months before Paul’s death, the couple had a child, Elizabeth She tells her story to both people who have gone through experiences like this and people who haven’t. She says, "Engaging
The speaker, Lucy Kalanithi, is a caregiver and the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, the author of When Breath Becomes Air, a New York Times Bestseller. In the TEDTalk, she talks about what she felt and what happened when her husband died from having tumors in his lungs and bones, and finally dying of cancer. Paul was a neurosurgeon and Lucy was a physician. They met at Yale Medical School in 2003 and got married 3 years later. 8 months before Paul’s death, the couple had a child, Elizabeth She tells her story to both people who have gone through experiences like this and people who haven’t. She says, "Engaging