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  • Insights from Investigations: Snapshot of Complaints in 2022-2023
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  • Medical Assistance in Dying, 2021
  • Occupational Therapy Act, 1991
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  • PREP: Critical Thinking and Professional Judgement Through an OT Lens, 2019
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  • Réponse de l’Ordre au rapport du coroner sur les décès causés par le piégeage dans les lits, 2017
  • Standard for Acupuncture, 2023
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  • Understanding Consent: Information for patients, clients and caregivers
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