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.
A professor of vaccinology and pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the author of nine books, he lives in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania..
Offit , MD, is the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children\'s Hospital of Philadelphia.
About author(s): Paul A.
You Bet Your Life is an essential read for getting the future a bit more right.
Our pandemic year has shown us, with its debates over lockdowns, masks, and vaccines, how easy it is to get everything wrong.
But it also lays bare the tortured relationships between intellectual breakthroughs, political realities, and human foibles.
Told in Offit\'s vigorous and rigorous style, You Bet Your Life is an entertaining History of medicine.
More importantly, understanding the risks is crucial to whether, as a society or as individuals, we accept them.
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.
In You Bet Your Life , physician Paul A.
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
