doctor shoppern.
/ˈdɒktə ˌʃɒpə/, U.S. /ˈdɑktər ˌʃɑpər/ A person who visits multiple doctors, either until he or she receives the desired medical opinion or treatment, or in order to obtain multiple prescriptions for controlled substances.
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1961 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 5 Aug. (Home ed.) 8/2 The human mind can't accept chronic illness. It keeps thinking that the right doctor will set everything straight. Incidentally, the doctor shoppers are the ones who regularly don't pay their bills.
1999 B. Jensen Dr. Jensen's Guide to Better Bowel Care viii. 204 You may become a ‘doctor shopper’, running from one doctor to the next in search of better health while your disease condition becomes ever more chronic because you aren't dealing with the cause.
2018 Canberra Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. 16 Like many of the hundreds of Australians who die from overdosing on prescription opioids each year, [he] was a skilled doctor shopper.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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