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defensive medicine
noun
Definition of DEFENSIVE MEDICINE
: the practice of ordering medical tests, procedures, or consultations of doubtful clinical value in order to protect the prescribing physician from malpractice suits
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First Known Use of DEFENSIVE MEDICINE
1973
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defensive medicine
noun
Medical Definition of DEFENSIVE MEDICINE
: the practice of ordering medical tests, procedures, or consultations of doubtful clinical value in order to protect the prescribing physician from malpractice suits
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