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The narrow judicial account of defensive practice in medicine: questionable assumptions

Journal of Professional Negligence

Edited by:
Colm McGrath and Isabel Barter
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Professional
Publication Date:
September 2024
Vol.36 No.2 The Jaded Cliché of ‘Defensive Medical Practice’: From Magically Convincing to Empirically (Un)convincing? A corruption of the doctor’s duties Defensive practice is ‘unnecessary’ and potentially harmful medicine Defensiveness is expressed through ‘intervention’ The trigger for defensive practice is negligence litigation ...

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