Medical Definition of Defensive medicine

1. 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. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defensive Medicine

defensibleness
defensibly
defensin
defensing
defensins
defensive
defensive attitude
defensive circle
defensive design
defensive designs
defensive field
defensive halfback
defensive indifference
defensive measure
defensive medicine (current term)
defensive midfielder
defensive programming
defensive programmings
defensive structure
defensive tackle
defensive zone
defensive zones
defensively
defensiveness
defensivenesses
defensives
defensor
defensors
defensory

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