Handbooks

• Medico-legal handbook for physicians in Canada (May 2021)
• Medical-legal handbook for physician leaders (March 2017)
• Disclosing harm from healthcare delivery: Open and honest communication with patients (May 2015)
• Electronic records handbook (September 2023)
• Quality improvement and accountability reviews: Learning from patient safety incidents and near misses (Dec 2024)
• Consent: A guide for Canadian physicians (June 2016)
• Collaborative care: A medical liability perspective  (September 2007)

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