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  • In Unsafe at Any Speed, Nader tried to launch a new idea called "body rights," meaning that people should be secure against callous corporate policies leading to personal mayhem. The term has all but died; however, the concept suddenly seems reborn in certain corners of health care.
    James B. Lieber, Killer Care: How Medical Error Became America's Third Largest Cause of Death, and What Can Be Done About It (New York: OR Books, 2015), Introduction.

    May 16, 2016