How Medical Errors Became a Leading Cause of Death

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 24, 2015

Lawyer and author James B. Lieber discusses his book Killer Care: How Medical Error Became America's Third Largest Cause of Death, and What Can Be Done About It. He talks to the patients, doctors and nurses who have taken action against medical errors, and investigates a new social movement for patients that offers protections against medical mistakes, one that is attempting to transform every facet of health care.

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