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defensive medicine  

Definition(s)

  • In the context of rising litigation the tendency for doctors to protect themselves by ordering tests for all likely diagnoses of a patient's illness. The motivation is not medical but socio-legal. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Defensive Medicine]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T5BG46JF-3

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