A. A doctor can be tired by a consumer, civil and criminal court and medical council, and even simultaneously by all four and this has led to major harassment for the doctors.
B. Health care delivery system in India is phenomenally different from the rest of the world.
C. But of late practice of medical science in India has changed rapidly from being one of clinical judgement to defensive medical practice, as any patient who walks in these days is viewed as potential litigant.
D. In other countries diagnostic treatment is given more emphasis whereas in India clinical judgement skills are widely used and other inter - personal skills matter more.
E. All this has led to defensive practice wherein even for a normal looking ailment a patient is prescribed all sorts of tests to be on the safer side.
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