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48 global leaders in blood health
Know your blood before you’re a patient.
48 global leaders in blood health
Together in one easy-to-read guide
In Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide, 48 global leaders in blood health distill a lifetime of blood health science into one clear, human book: what everyone should understand long before they need it.
Dr Shannon Farmer, Dr Irwin Gross and Dr Aryeh Shander
Lead authors and editors
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What is Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide?
Blood Works: An Owner’s Guide is a plain-language book about blood health, written for the person the blood belongs to. Its 48 authors, global leaders in blood health from 11 countries, explain anemia, iron deficiency, blood loss and transfusion, how to prepare for surgery, and what every person needs to know before they are a patient.
456 pages · Paperback and eBook · English, Spanish, and German
Who is Blood Works written for?+
Patients, families and healthcare professionals. It is written in plain language so that anyone can read it before they need it, and so that a patient and a doctor can use it together.
What does the book cover?+
Blood health, from an everyday test result to a major decision: anemia, iron deficiency, bleeding and blood loss, transfusion, and patient blood management, the practice of caring for and preserving a patient's own blood.
Who wrote Blood Works?+
48 authors from 11 countries, 40 institutions and 25 universities, led and edited by Dr Shannon Farmer, Dr Irwin Gross and Dr Aryeh Shander. Every author contributed their work without payment.
Which languages is the book available in?+
English, Spanish (Cuidando tu Sangre: Una Guía para el Propietario), and German (Blut und seine Leistung: Dein Persönlicher Leitfaden). More languages are underway through the Global Library Project.
Where can I buy Blood Works: An Owner's Guide?+
Here, on the book's own site, as a paperback, an eBook or a bundle of both. eBooks are delivered straight after payment, and every purchase supports translation into more languages.
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MEET THE AUTHORS
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Auerbach
Beverina
Bisbe
Blumberg
Bolcato
Browning
Calatayud
Delaforce
Dyer
Erber
Erhard
Estioko
Faraoni
Ford
Friedman
Froessler
Gilfillan
Gombotz
Goobie
Hamdorf
Hassan
Heal
Hofmann
Isbister
Jabbour
Jayasuriya
Ji
Kabambi
Kim
Leahy
Lucas
Mace
Mair
McDonnell
McMorrow
Napolitano
Ozawa
Seeber
Spahn
Spiess
Thomson
Trentino
Wood
Wren
Zenger
From the field
What clinicians and policy say
On the book
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This book is a must-read for all care providers and patients.
Carolyn D. Burns, MD
Past President, SABM
On blood health
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Our own blood is still the best thing to have in our veins.
World Health Organization
Policy Brief, 2021
On the book
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This book is long overdue — we need informed patients.
Jeannie Callum, MD
Hematologist, Queen’s University
Patient blood management
Global network of excellence
Global Library Project
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