defensive medicine

基本解釋

They are also practicing a little defensive medicine.
他們也練習一點兒防御式醫(yī)療。
This fear is so pervasive that it has its own name: "defensive medicine."
這種擔憂是廣泛存在的，甚至這種行為因此有著自己的名號：防御性醫(yī)療。
Addressing the group’s convention in Chicago on June 15th, Mr Obama promised to consider reforms to the country’s tort system that lead to “defensive medicine”.
在6月15日芝加哥美國醫(yī)學協(xié)會的年會上，奧巴馬承諾考慮將改革國家的侵權系統(tǒng)來保護醫(yī)藥事業(yè)。

You can thank defensive medicine, frivolous lawsuits, very expensive futile care, and overuse of medical services for much of the total.
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the practice by a doctor of ordering extensive, often unnecessary tests in order to minimize liability if accused of negligence