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单词 defensive medicine
释义

defensive medicine

noun

: the practice of ordering medical tests, procedures, or consultations of doubtful clinical value in order to protect the prescribing physician from malpractice suits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Initiate tort reform, to help alleviate the practice of defensive medicine. Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

defensive medicine

noun

: the practice of ordering medical tests, procedures, or consultations of doubtful clinical value in order to protect the prescribing physician from malpractice suits
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