bFrom one of America's top physicians, a riveting, fascinating, and timely iNaturei history of risk in medicine8239 b p Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter which way you choose. In iYou Bet Your Lifei, 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
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bFrom one of America's top physicians, a riveting, fascinating, and timely iNaturei history of risk in medicine8239 b p Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter which way you choose. In iYou Bet Your Lifei, 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. More importantly, understanding the risks is crucial to whether, as a society or as individuals, we accept them.8239 br 82398239 br Told in Offit's vigorous and rigorous style, iYou Bet Your Lifei is an entertaining history of medicine. But it also lays bare the tortured relationships between intellectual breakthroughs, political realities, and human foibles. As we have learned from the COVID pandemic--the debates over lockdowns, masks, and vaccines--it's all too easy to get everything wrong. Updated with a new introduction, iYou Bet Your Lifei is an essential read for getting the future a bit more right.8239
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