defensive medicine

基本解释

They are also practicing a little defensive medicine.
他们也练习一点儿防御式医疗。
This fear is so pervasive that it has its own name: "defensive medicine."
这种担忧是广泛存在的，甚至这种行为因此有着自己的名号：防御性医疗。
Addressing the group’s convention in Chicago on June 15th, Mr Obama promised to consider reforms to the country’s tort system that lead to “defensive medicine”.
在6月15日芝加哥美国医学协会的年会上，奥巴马承诺考虑将改革国家的侵权系统来保护医药事业。

You can thank defensive medicine, frivolous lawsuits, very expensive futile care, and overuse of medical services for much of the total.
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the practice by a doctor of ordering extensive, often unnecessary tests in order to minimize liability if accused of negligence