How is defensive medicine understood and experienced in a primary care setting? A qualitative focus group study among Danish general practitioners

OBJECTIVES: Recent years have witnessed a progressive increase in defensive medicine (DM) in several Western welfare countries. In Danish primary and secondary care, documentation on the extent of DM is lacking. Before investigating the extent of DM, we wanted to explore how the phenomenon is unders...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Assing Hvidt, Elisabeth, Lykkegaard, Jesper, Pedersen, Line Bjørnskov, Pedersen, Kjeld Møller, Munck, Anders, Andersen, Merethe Kousgaard
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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General practice / Family practice
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5778280/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29273671
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019851
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