title: Trends in negative defensive medicine within general practice.
abstract: Negative defensive medical practice has adverse consequences both for individual patients and for public health. This paper reports the results from a survey conducted in 1999 in which certain features indicative of negative defensive practice were compared with an identical survey conducted five years previously. Responding general practitioners stated that they are now significantly more likely to undertake diagnostic testing, refer patients, and avoid the treatment of certain conditions.
authors.affiliation: University of Hull.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Summerton
mesh_terms: D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires