Microeconomics 20th Edition by McConnell, Sean Flynn, Stanley Brue

Exercise 3

A patient named Jen visits Dr. Jan. Dr. Jan is nearly certain that Jen only has a cold. But because Dr. Jan is afraid of malpractice lawsuits, she orders an extensive battery of tests just to make sure that Jen can never claim-if she turns out to have something more severe-that Dr. Jan shirked her duties as a medical professional. Dr. Jan's behavior is an example of:
A) Asymmetric information.
B) Fee-for-service.
C) Defensive medicine.
D) Positive externalities.