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| Title |
The practice of defensive medicine among hospital doctors in the United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-14-42 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Osman Ortashi, Jaspal Virdee, Rudaina Hassan, Tomasz Mutrynowski, Fikri Abu-Zidan |
| Abstract |
Defensive medicine is defined as a doctor's deviation from standard practice to reduce or prevent complaints or criticism. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of the practice of defensive medicine in the UK among hospital doctors and the factors affecting it. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 150 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 150 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 12% |
| Researcher | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 22% |
| Unknown | 51 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 12% |
| Unknown | 59 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 November 2014.
All research outputs
#14,181,583
of 22,729,647 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Ethics
#750
of 990 outputs
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#119,020
of 212,667 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Ethics
#10
of 17 outputs
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