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Defensive medicine among high-risk specialist physicians in a volatile malpractice environment.
February 3, 2011
Studdert DM, Mello MM, Sage WM, et al. JAMA. 2005;293(21):2609-17.
The investigators surveyed physicians in high-liability specialties to determine how often they alter their clinical behavior due to threat of litigation. Ninety-three percent of physicians surveyed indicated that they practice "defensive medicine."
