1. Risks and Adverse Events in Medicine -- 2. The scope of iatrogenic harm -- 3. The Development of Patient Safety and Risk Management in Medicine -- 4. Safety culture and its improvement in a medical organization -- 5. The human factor - human errors in medicine -- 6. The organizational factor in patient safety and risk management -- 7. Errors in medication administration -- 8. Medico-Legal aspects of Patient Safety and Risk Management -- 9. Medical professional liability insurance -- 10. The patient as a partner in promoting patient safety -- 11. Risk management and patient safety processes in a health care organization -- 12. Evaluation and measurement of risk management activity and patient safety -- 13. Patient safety and risk management organizations and institutions -- 14. Current trends in risk management and patient safety -- 15. Patient safety and risk management during the COVID-19 pandemic - The Israeli experience.