Internal Medicine Residents and the Practice of Defensive Medicine: A Pilot Study Across Three Internal Medicine Residency Programs

Background Defensive medicine is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States and is estimated to cost billions of dollars in excess healthcare spending. There is evidence that the practice of defensive medicine starts early in the medical career. Defensive medicine has been investigated amo...

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Autores principales: Borgan, Saif M, Romeus, Laniel, Rahman, Saleh, Asmar, Abdo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181105
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6876