iatrogenic

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In the medical field these unintended consequences have a fancy term - iatrogenic - which means 'doctor caused.'

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  1. adjective Induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially of an infection or other complication of treatment.

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  • In the medical field these unintended consequences have a fancy term - iatrogenic - which means 'doctor caused.' —  The Common Room
  • These chronic ailments are said to require long-term medical care for the patients 'management causing toxic side effects resulting in America's leading killer - iatrogenic disease. —  Infowars
  • "Informed providers can both avoid iatrogenic (illness caused by physicians, hospitals, drugs, and medical procedures) harm due to medical exposures and provide any possible treatment for the chemical sensitivities." —  American Chronicle
  • Saying that 25% of all hospital deaths are iatrogenic isn't the same as saying that 25% of people who get on airplanes die in a crash. —  Thom Hartmann
  • The proper comparison would be to say that 25% of people who go to a hospital die due to iatrogenic causes, but that's not the case. —  Thom Hartmann
 

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  1. Greek iātros, physician; see -iatric + -genic.
 

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