You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation

by Paul A Offit and Paul A. Offit

Book Overview

One of America's top physicians traces the history of risk in medicine--with powerful lessons for today

Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter which way you choose. In You Bet Your Life, physician Paul A. Offit argues that, from the first blood transfusions four hundred years ago to the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine, risk has been essential to the discovery of new treatments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541620399
• ISBN13: 9781541620391
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"