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defensive medicine

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defensive medicine
n
(Medicine) the practice by a doctor of ordering extensive, often unnecessary tests in order to minimize liability if accused of negligence


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So-called defensive medicine may be motivated less by liability concerns than by the income it generates for physicians," the government economists concluded.
Notoriously difficult to gauge, defensive medicine increases costs by 10 percent, according to some estimates.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION A recent survey and report by the Massachusetts Medical Society diagnoses one of the causes of the skyrocketing cost of health care in this state and nationwide: the practice of defensive medicine in an era of stratospheric jury awards in medical liability cases.
 
 
 
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