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-Occurs when providers order additional or "unnecessary" tests to protect themselves in case of a lawsuit
A)Defensive medicine
B)Diminishing marginal returns
C)Mechanistic approach to the treatment of disease
D)"Flat-of-the-curve" medicine
E)Inertia
F)Leading causes of death

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Defensive medicine is the practice of ordering excessive or unnecessary tests or procedures to protect oneself from potential lawsuits.

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