 Defensive Medicine
"Defensive Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003675
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.524.300 N03.706.535.606.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Defensive Medicine- Defensive Medicine
- Defensive Practice
- Defensive Practices
- Medicine, Defensive
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Defensive Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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High WA. Medicolegal aspects of dermatology. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2013 Dec; 32(4):183-4.
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Andruchow JE, Raja AS, Prevedello LM, Zane RD, Khorasani R. Variation in head computed tomography use for emergency department trauma patients and physician risk tolerance. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Apr 23; 172(8):660-1.
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Hendee WR, Becker GJ, Borgstede JP, Bosma J, Casarella WJ, Erickson BA, Maynard CD, Thrall JH, Wallner PE. Addressing overutilization in medical imaging. Radiology. 2010 Oct; 257(1):240-5.
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Jackson SL, Taplin SH, Sickles EA, Abraham L, Barlow WE, Carney PA, Geller B, Berns EA, Cutter GR, Elmore JG. Variability of interpretive accuracy among diagnostic mammography facilities. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Jun 03; 101(11):814-27.
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