Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Defensive Practice
  • Medicine, Defensive
  • Defensive Practices

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

91(75); was see under MALPRACTICE 1975-90

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  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.524w.300w
  2. N03w.706.535w.606w.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Defensive Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003675. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003675
  2. Defensive Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_medicine
  3. Defensive Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3853769