Comment on YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective"

• TheAristocrat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used to work with a neurologist who was formerly a chiropractor until he realized it was a bunch of quackery and decided to become a real doctor.

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  • ForestOrca@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean they got a Ph.D.? ;-)

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    • TheAristocrat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He also has a Ph.D.

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      • ForestOrca@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cool, so a real Doctor, then. ;-) I had a thing for getting letters after my name, and reached a certain goal, then gave up on the ego.

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    • AffineConnection@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A medical doctorate would be more relevant to a neurologist.

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• Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, to be fair, some “doctor doctors” aren’t even doctors.

  “Medical Doctors” don’t necessarily have a PhD, but colloquially we call them “doctors”

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  • aubertlone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A doctor is anybody with a doctorate.

    Somehow, colloquially, we came to only refer to MD’s ( Doctor of Medicine ) as doctors.

    A PhD is just a Doctor of Philosophy. A PhD doesn’t make anyone a doctor more so than an MD or a JD. Yes, even a lawyer is a doctor.

    Anybody with a doctorate degree is a doctor. And just for fun, all a doctorate means is the highest degree awarded by a graduate school or other approved educational organization. Feel like I’m getting too technical with this so I’m just going to stop writing this comment.

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  • gramie@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In Germany, if you are a medical doctor with a PhD, you are addressed as Herr Doctor Doctor.

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    • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And if your specialty is the protein filament that grows from skin follicles in mammals, would you be a Haar Herr Doctor Doctor?

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• AffineConnection@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just because he’s not a Doctor of Medicine doesn’t mean he’s not a doctor. A Doctor of Chiropractic is exactly that, regardless of its questionable merits.

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  • Speculater@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s a distinct difference between “I’m Dr. Johnson” and “My name is John and I’m a doctor.”

    At least in American English. It’s also very arrogant to introduce yourself as Dr. So and So outside of a professional setting if you’re any kind of doctor.

    Not to mention he doubled down and said in Texas he’s a primary care provider that can practice medicine when I pushed back a little. He wasn’t being ambiguous, he saw himself equivalent to a MD.

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• ForestOrca@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was searching for humorous podcasts over the weekend, and found Say More with Dr.? Sheila - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-more-with-dr-sheila/id1707936869 - I hope you enjoy it.

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