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doctor shopping
[ dok-ter shop-ing ]
noun
- 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.
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of doctor shopping1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
Others claimed that customers were “doctor shopping” and expressed concern that some of them had “overdosed and died.”
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