Decision Point

Kevin Fong

12,99 €
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Langue:
Ebook en anglais
ISBN:
9781473523562
Date de parution:
30-06-21
Editeur:
Vintage Digital
Format:
Ebook
Format Détaillé:
EPUB
Protection digitale:
Adobe DRM

Description

Professor Kevin Fong was flying with the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, making split-second, life-or-death decisions in the most extreme circumstances. Then he was seconded to the NHS's Covid-19 Strategy Unit, tasked with leading the fight against pandemic. In this gripping blend of memoir and reportage, he confronts a disturbing truth: the quest for 'zero harm' can prevent the saving of lives.

Telling stories of astonishing skill and catastrophic error across medicine, aviation and space-flight, and reflecting on his own dramatic experiences as well as those of war medics, pilots and surgeons, Fong offers a visceral journey and a major new argument about the balance of safety and risk in the 21st century.