Özet:

Today, the introduction of new concepts and legal regulations for the misuse of medical practices in the Turkish Criminal Code, the consequences of high compensation costs for malpractice cases, negative accusations against physicians through news and social media, increased violence in health Physicians often use defensive medicine to protect themselves. In this study, it is aimed to compare the levels of defensive medicine practice, the methods they use and the countries in our country and in the world. The scope of the study consists of 6 studies between 1995 and 2016 in the world and 6 studies between 2008 and 2017 in our country. As a method of working, it was determined as a literature search of studies to determine defensive medicine applications in Italy, USA, UK, Japan, UK, Israel and Turkey. As a result of the study, it is observed that the physicians of the positive defensive medicine who have attitudes such as more diagnostic tests and invasive procedures, detailed explanation about the disease procedures, prolongation of follow-up, unnecessary treatment, Physicians are another defensive medicine method, negative defensive medicine applications; Avoidance of risky procedures that could benefit the patient, and risky illness treatment tend to be high. When we look at the percentage of defensive medical practice in our country, it is observed that 78% is over 62% in the world. When we look at the results, it is determined that the similar qualities and application levels of defensive medical practices of our country and the doctors of the world are close to each other.

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