Özet:

Defensive medicine, which has been in the medical literature for a long time but has increased in importance in recent years; Defensive medicine is when physicians go beyond the analysis and tests required for the diagnosis and treatment of the patient or avoid medical procedures that may be subject to malpractice. The purpose of this is to avoid lawsuits that may lead to criminal sanctions, not to be compensated for the actions they have done or not done, not to increase their professional liability insurance policy premiums, to please the patient or to avoid any violence by the patient and their relatives. Here, physicians act with self-protection rather than medical necessity. Defensive medicine causes an increase in healthcare costs and includes the risk of patients being harmed by unnecessary tests and examinations. Although the studies on defensive medicine in Turkey have increased in recent years, it is seen that there are not enough studies. In this study, studies in the national and international literature on defensive medicine were examined, the causes and consequences of defensive medicine, its cost and the factors affecting defensive medicine were tried to be revealed. In this context, firstly, a conceptual framework about defensive medicine was drawn, then national and international research on the subject was mentioned and studies on defensive medicine in the last 5 years were analyzed.

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