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

by Paul A Offit MD

From one of America's top physicians, a "riveting," "fascinating," and "timely" (Nature) history of risk in medicine 

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154160492X
• ISBN13: 9781541604926
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"