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By Sidney Harris, from: Risk in Perspective: Insight and Humor in the Age of Risk Management, by Kimberly M. Thompson, 325 pp, with illus, paper, $50, ISBN 0-9727978-2-4, Newton Center, Mass, AORM (http://www.aorm.com), 2004 (collected quotes and cartoons on health risks, with exercises on risk assessment geared to lay audiences). Reprinted by permission.

JAMA. 2005;293:101.

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