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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Defensive Medicine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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medicina defensiva
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Medicina Defensiva
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Synonyms English:
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Defensive Practice
Defensive Practices
Medicine, Defensive
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Tree Number:
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I01.880.604.583.524.300
N03.706.535.606.300
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Definition English:
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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. |
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under MALPRACTICE 1975-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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3688
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Unique Identifier:
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D003675
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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