Defensive medicine in Israel - a nationwide survey.

BACKGROUND: Defensive medicine is the practice of diagnostic or therapeutic measures conducted primarily as a safeguard against possible malpractice liability. We studied the extent, reasons, and characteristics of defensive medicine in the Israeli health care system. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Cross-sec...

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Main Authors: Elad Asher, Sari Greenberg-Dotan, Jonathan Halevy, Shimon Glick, Haim Reuveni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3420907?pdf=render