"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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The fine line of defensive medicine. J Forensic Leg Med. 2021 May; 80:102170.
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Letter to the Editor Defensive Medicine and the Neurosurgeon: Rules for Success in Pandemics (COVID-19). World Neurosurg. 2020 08; 140:473.
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Overdiagnosis and overimaging: an ethical issue for radiological protection. Radiol Med. 2019 Aug; 124(8):714-720.
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[Defensive Medicine in Primary Care]. An Sist Sanit Navar. 2018 08 29; 41(2):273-275.
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Drivers and strategies for avoiding overuse. A cross-sectional study to explore the experience of Spanish primary care providers handling uncertainty and patients' requests. BMJ Open. 2018 06 15; 8(6):e021339.