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Information provided by Ross Berringer MD (ABEM) MCFP (EM), Acting Senior Physician Risk Manager CMPA a,b.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Kari G. Smedstad MB, ChB, FRCPC

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Brendan T. Finucane MB, BCh, BAO, FRCA, FRCPC

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  1. Kari G. Smedstad MB, ChB, FRCPC
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  2. Brendan T. Finucane MB, BCh, BAO, FRCA, FRCPC
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Correspondence to Kari G. Smedstad MB, ChB, FRCPC .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Brendan T. Finucane

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    Ban C.H. Tsui

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Smedstad, K.G., Finucane, B.T. (2017). Canada: Medical Legal Aspects of Regional Anesthesia Practice. In: Finucane, B., Tsui, B. (eds) Complications of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49386-2_28

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