Defensive Medicine

This finding contrasts with prior qualitative research in which physicians expressed concern about legal exposure from withholding prophylaxis. Defensive medicine is not a primary factor driving prophylaxis prescribing, at least in this in…

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This finding contrasts with prior qualitative research in which physicians expressed concern about legal exposure from withholding prophylaxis. Defensive medicine is not a primary factor driving prophylaxis prescribing, at least in this institutional context. Legal risk did not emerge as a meaningful driver of prescribing behavior in either prescriber group.