Don’t encourage the use of defensive medicine practices.
Type of practice
Other health practices
Topic Area
Forensic MedicineThe forensic discipline is involved in academic training, business activities, hospital care, operating freelance, advice to judicial authorities, etc in order to support culture of both clinical appropriateness and scientific evidence as benchmarks for professional conduct. The forensic discipline strives to fight the so-called requirements “for medical purposes” in any sphere of competence.
Sources
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