doctor shopping
[ dok-ter shop-ing ]
/ ˈdɒk tər ˌʃɒp ɪŋ /
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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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Origin of doctor shopping
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby doctor shopping
Doctor of the Church, Doctorow, Doctor's Commons, doctor's degree, doctor shop, doctor shopping, doctorspeak, doctrinaire, doctrinal, doctrine, doctrine of descent
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How to use doctor shopping in a sentence
Others claimed that customers were “doctor shopping” and expressed concern that some of them had “overdosed and died.”