"doctor shopping" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} doctor shopping (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, crime) The illegal practice of a patient requesting treatment from multiple physicians in order to obtain prescription drugs, either to feed an addiction or resell them. Wikipedia link: doctor shopping Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Medicine Synonyms: double doctoring
    Sense id: en-doctor_shopping-en-noun-N1ekMK1s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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