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53. Why Do Doctors Have to Play Defense?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Do We Want to Challenge the Laws?

If you're charged with a felony, you immediately stop practising. It's not like you can have a felony hanging over your head and continue to provide medical care. The potential repercussions here for doctors are enormous. How would doctors respond to legal risk in situations which are far less extreme? Is lets a step away from abortion care. But there's all sorts of other things that o b g yns do that lead to concerns and threats about malpractice liability. And how does providor behavior change when they're worried about those issues?

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