# Defensive medicine { "id": "S95009495", "title": "Defensive medicine", "url": "/topics/S95009495", "kind": "topic-directory", "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory", "provider": "lcsh", "revision": "b661836650ccd143", "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289", "numeric_address": "5208567176704967268", "address_version": "morton4x16-v1", "coordinates": [ 0, 22, 42731, 23552 ], "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review", "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap" } Here are entered works on changes in medical practice undertaken for the purpose of preventing possible malpractice suits as well as providing good legal defense in the event such lawsuits are instituted. Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap. Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95009495 No owner-reviewed local answer yet.