Bad Medicine: Defensiveness [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2017 Doctors know the streets of the NHS and all the rat runs. They know how to jump the queue or just ‘phone a friend’ to gain preferential treatment. And our organisations, like the GMC and the BMA, even affirm this two-tier system by offering staff private health care. Doctors might use the NHS, but certainly not like normal NHS patients. Doctors live in
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Defensive Surgery - a New Under-Recognized Reality among Surgeons? [PDF]
Modern Medicine, 2019 In recent years, the number of medical litigations is increasing and defensive medicine becomes a widespread approach among physicians all over the world.
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Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices [PDF]
, 2012 Using data on physician behavior from the 1979–2005 National Hospital Discharge Surveys (NHDS), I estimate the relationship between malpractice pressure, as identified by the adoption of non-economic damage caps and related tort reforms, and certain ...
Frakes, Michael D.
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Does defensive medicine change the behaviors of vascular surgeons? a qualitative review [PDF]
, 2015 Although in literature few successful claims have been shown in comparison with other medical specialties such as gynaecology and orthopaedics, vascular surgery is included among high-risk specialties.
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Health transformation project and defensive medicine practice among neurosurgeons in Turkey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The term "Defensive" medicine was coined in the early 1970's and has been an important topic of scientific investigation and professional debate ever since.The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of defensive medicine, its reasons ...
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Defensive medicine in Israel - a nationwide survey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Defensive medicine is the practice of diagnostic or therapeutic measures conducted primarily as a safeguard against possible malpractice liability.
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A reverse-engineered pitch on defensive versus evidence-based medical technology: Liability risk and electronic fetal monitoring in low-risk births [PDF]
Contabilitate şi Informatică de Gestiune, 2023 This pitching research letter (PRL) describes the application of the pitching research template introduced by Faff (2015, 2021) to a reverse-engineering process in the practice of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) as a form of defensive medicine with ...
Elizabeth Yong, Kun Hing Yong
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Malpractice liability and defensive medicine: a national survey of neurosurgeons. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Concern over rising healthcare expenditures has led to increased scrutiny of medical practices. As medical liability and malpractice risk rise to crisis levels, the medical-legal environment has contributed to the practice of defensive ...
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Gender Differences in Technical-Tactical Behaviour of la Liga Spanish Football Teams [PDF]
, 2020 [Abstract] The aim of this study was to identify differences in technical-tactical behaviour between the men and women first division football teams of the Spanish league, to this end 68 matches corresponding to 2016/17 season were analysed.
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Evaluation of Physicians' Views on Defensive Medicine Practices [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Family MedicineAim: Defensive medical applications are defined as medical behaviors of physicians to avoid malpractice cases. This study aims to evaluate physicians' views on defensive medicine practices.
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