{"product_id":"you-bet-your-life-from-blood-transfusions-to-mass-vaccination-the-long-and-risky-history-of-medical-innovation-9781541604926","title":"You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of America's top physicians, a \"riveting,\" \"fascinating,\" and \"timely\" (\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e) history of risk in medicine  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter which way you choose. In \u003ci\u003eYou Bet Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.  \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e Told in Offit's vigorous and rigorous style, \u003ci\u003eYou Bet Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eYou Bet Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential read for getting the future a bit more right. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541604926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Paul A. Offit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43766807560373,"sku":"9781541604926","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f500506d-5b89-4629-bf78-4e046e9ed957.jpg?v=1710818769","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/you-bet-your-life-from-blood-transfusions-to-mass-vaccination-the-long-and-risky-history-of-medical-innovation-9781541604926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}