Doctor shopping
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Doctor shopping
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Doctor shopping is the practice of visiting multiple physicians to obtain multiple prescriptions. It is a common practice of people with substance use disorders, suppliers of addictive substances, hypochondriacs or patients of factitious disorder and factitious disorder imposed on another. A doctor who, for a price, will write prescriptions without the formality of a medical exam or diagnosis is known as a "writer" or "writing doctor".
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Practice of obtaining prescriptions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_shopping
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2023-09-25T06:15:52Z
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