Defensive Medicine
The alterations of modes of medical practice, induced by the threat of liability, for the principal purposes of forestalling lawsuits by patients as well as providing good legal defense in the event that such lawsuits are instituted.
Year introduced: 1991(1975)
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Tree Number(s): I01.880.604.583.524.300, N03.706.535.606.300
MeSH Unique ID: D003675
Entry Terms:
- Medicine, Defensive
- Defensive Practice
- Defensive Practices