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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^and the CYA aspect is largely, if not entirely, because of patients threatening lawsuits or actually filing lawsuits. To the person who suggested we would practice better medicine if we had a few lawsuits hanging over our head, you have no idea what you’re talking about. If I suspect a patient will be quick to sue me if they get sicker, I do not keep them as a patient. If I do keep them, for some reason, you better believe I’m ordering every single test known to man, even if the test probably exposes them to unnecessary radiation or gives them worrisome false positives. Because that’s the danger of overly defensive medicine- it actually causes more health problems than it solves, but hey, at least I won’t be getting sued.[/quote] Increased cost of malpractice insurance and increased risk of litigation also cause more doctors to leave clinical medicine and worsen the access crisis.[/quote]
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