Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:21

Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it — not so much to protect their health as his own practice.


 

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