Doctor Shopping (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. the act or practice of illegally obtaining prescriptions for a controlled substance from more than one healthcare practitioner at a time, concealing from each the fact that one is doing so: Doctor shopping and prescription forgery are common methods of prescription drug abuse.
  2. the process of visiting one physician after another in search of a satisfactory one or a particular outcome: I did some doctor shopping before deciding on the plastic surgeon recommended by a friend.She had to do a lot of doctor shopping, as it was very hard to get a diagnosis for her rare symptoms.
Doctor Shopping (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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