Copyright © 2015 Paola Frati et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Although in literature few successful claims have been shown in comparison with other medical specialties such as gynaecology and orthopaedics, vascular surgery is included among high-risk specialties. The high-risk of receiving medical claims may lead vascular surgeons to practice defensive medicine, as is normal in several other areas of clinical practice. No studies are available to our knowledge of the incidence of defensive medicine in the field of vascular surgery. Taking into considerati...
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© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Defensive medicine occasionally indulges unnecessar...
to rs ile, g re. l d dic ts. associated with medical care and interventions [3]. This proach was ado...
Although in literature few successful claims have been shown in comparison with other medical specia...
Background System factors contributing to preventable harm in vascular patients undergoing surgery h...
This study systematically maps empirical research on physicians' views and experiences of hedging-ty...
Background System factors contributing to preventable harm in vascular patients have not been previo...
Context How often physicians alter their clinical behavior because of the threat of malpractice liab...
Background: Defensive medicine is prescribing of unnecessary investigation and procedure and taking ...
The wide spreading of vascular diseases along with the emergence of minimally invasive endovascular ...
peer-reviewedDefensive medicine describes behaviours engaged in by physicians, for the purposes of a...
Concern over rising healthcare expenditures has led to increased scrutiny of medical practices. As m...
ObjectivesAdvances in vascular surgery are increasingly technology-driven, and the relationships bet...
Background: Defensive medicine is becoming more frequent behaviour and has an impact on the economic...
Increased knowledge in disease causes and progression, along with technological and technical advanc...
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original ...
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Defensive medicine occasionally indulges unnecessar...
to rs ile, g re. l d dic ts. associated with medical care and interventions [3]. This proach was ado...
Although in literature few successful claims have been shown in comparison with other medical specia...
Background System factors contributing to preventable harm in vascular patients undergoing surgery h...
This study systematically maps empirical research on physicians' views and experiences of hedging-ty...
Background System factors contributing to preventable harm in vascular patients have not been previo...
Context How often physicians alter their clinical behavior because of the threat of malpractice liab...
Background: Defensive medicine is prescribing of unnecessary investigation and procedure and taking ...
The wide spreading of vascular diseases along with the emergence of minimally invasive endovascular ...
peer-reviewedDefensive medicine describes behaviours engaged in by physicians, for the purposes of a...
Concern over rising healthcare expenditures has led to increased scrutiny of medical practices. As m...
ObjectivesAdvances in vascular surgery are increasingly technology-driven, and the relationships bet...
Background: Defensive medicine is becoming more frequent behaviour and has an impact on the economic...
Increased knowledge in disease causes and progression, along with technological and technical advanc...
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original ...
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Defensive medicine occasionally indulges unnecessar...
to rs ile, g re. l d dic ts. associated with medical care and interventions [3]. This proach was ado...