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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Volume 39, 2021 - Issue 4
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Defensive medicine in Danish general practice. Types of defensive actions and reasons for practicing defensively

Merethe K. Andersena Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Elisabeth Assing Hvidta Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;b Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
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Kjeld M. Pedersenc Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
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Jesper Lykkegaarda Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
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Frans B. Waldorffd Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkView further author information
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Anders P. Muncka Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
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Line B. Pedersena Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;e DaCHE – Danish Centre for Health Economics, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkView further author information
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Pages 413-418 | Received 04 Nov 2020, Accepted 29 Jun 2021, Published online: 31 Aug 2021

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Katja Goetz, Dorothee Oldenburg, Christina Jana Strobel & Jost Steinhäuser. (2024) The influence of fears of perceived legal consequences on general practitioners’ practice in relation to defensive medicine – a cross-sectional survey in Germany. BMC Primary Care 25:1.
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Ana Cernega, Marina Meleșcanu Imre, Alexandra Ripszky Totan, Andreea Letiția Arsene, Bogdan Dimitriu, Delia Radoi, Marina-Ionela Ilie & Silviu-Mirel Pițuru. (2023) Collateral Victims of Defensive Medical Practice. Healthcare 11:7, pages 1007.
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Christina J. Strobel, Dorothee Oldenburg & Jost Steinhäuser. (2022) Factors influencing defensive medicine‐based decision‐making in primary care: A scoping review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 29:3, pages 529-538.
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