You bet your life : from blood transfusions to mass vaccination, the long and risky history of medical innovations
Record details
- ISBN: 1541620399
- ISBN: 9781541620391
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Physical Description:
258 pages ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Louis Washkansky : heart transplants -- Ryan White : blood transfusions -- Hannah Greener : anesthesia -- "Jim" : biologicals -- Joan Marlar : antibiotics -- Anne Gottsdanker : vaccines -- Clarence Dally : x-rays -- "Eleven unnamed children" : chemotherapy -- Jesse Gelsinger : gene therapy -- Epilogue : living with uncertainty. |
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Subject: | Bioethics Biotechnology -- Risk assessment Medicine -- Research -- History Diffusion of innovations Therapeutics -- Complications Therapeutics -- History |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Nakusp Public Library | 615.5 OFF (Text) | 35160000799693 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Smithers Public Library | ANF 615.58 OFF (Text) | 35101000577473 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |