Defensive Medicine

"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.

MeSH information

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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
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.604.583.524.300 N03.706.535.606.300
Concept/Terms	Defensive Medicine Defensive Medicine Defensive Practice Defensive Practices Medicine, Defensive

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Defensive Medicine".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Malpractice [I01.880.604.583.524]
Defensive Medicine [I01.880.604.583.524.300]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Malpractice [N03.706.535.606]
Defensive Medicine [N03.706.535.606.300]

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