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Abstract:
The term defensive medicine is used to describe the behavior of healthcare providers motivated by fear of litigation due to malpractice. It includes both avoidance behavior when the physician is unwilling to perform high risk procedures, as well as excessive ordering of extra tests and procedures. This leads to unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions which may be invasive and costly. Additionally, such a setting causes harms the patient-doctor relationship. A more specific legal framework, developed with respect to the innate nature of medicine, may improve the situation.
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