On August 14, 2019 The Joint Commission (TJC) released sentinel event statistics for the first half of 2019, which included 426 events. 83% of the events were voluntarily self-reported by an accredited or certified organization. The five most frequently reported
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Medical assistance in dying in Canada: one year later

By Melissa Perry (CA) on
Since the Canadian federal government introduced legislation governing medical assistance in dying (“MAiD”), the provinces and territories, which are responsible for the delivery of health care services in Canada, have adopted a variety of processes and procedures to deal with…