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

English | ASIN: B09FMSPH9C | 2021 | 6 hours and 36 minutes |MP3|M4B | 196 MB
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 400 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.