The practice of defensive medicine among hospital doctors in the United Kingdom
Open Access
- 29 October 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Medical Ethics
- Vol. 14 (1), 42
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-14-42
Abstract
Defensive medicine is defined as a doctor’s deviation from standard practice to reduce or prevent complaints or criticism. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of the practice of defensive medicine in the UK among hospital doctors and the factors affecting it.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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