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Survey Of Doctors Suggests Widespread 'Defensive Medicine'
A new survey published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that 91 percent of 2,416 doctors believe their colleagues practice defensive medicine by giving patients more tests and treatments as a means of protecting themselves from lawsuits.
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