Doctors 'overprescribe drugs due to fears of facing complaints'

Survey suggests four-fifths of medics who have been subject of complaint or litigation start practising more ‘defensive medicine’

Patients are being put at risk because doctors are giving them drugs they do not need and sending them for unnecessary surgery to avoid a complaint being made against them, research has revealed.

Medics are so scared of being complained about that they are also giving patients more tests than their symptoms merit and not performing procedures that involve more risk than usual.

Continue reading... November 22, 2017 at 05:35AM