TY - JOUR A2 - Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe AU - Frati, Paola AU - Busardò, Francesco Paolo AU - Sirignano, Pasqualino AU - Gulino, Matteo AU - Zaami, Simona AU - Fineschi, Vittorio PY - 2015 DA - 2015/10/01 TI - Does Defensive Medicine Change the Behaviors of Vascular Surgeons? A Qualitative Review SP - 170692 VL - 2015 AB - Although in literature few successful claims have been shown in comparison with other medical specialties such as gynaecology and orthopaedics, vascular surgery is included among high-risk specialties. The high-risk of receiving medical claims may lead vascular surgeons to practice defensive medicine, as is normal in several other areas of clinical practice. No studies are available to our knowledge of the incidence of defensive medicine in the field of vascular surgery. Taking into consideration the scarce amount of information, the authors provide a critical discussion regarding the application of defensive medicine behaviour among vascular surgeons. SN - 2314-6133 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/170692 DO - 10.1155/2015/170692 JF - BioMed Research International PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -