Why do we call doctors doctor.....

[WCGreen]

No calls me accountant......

So Dr, Smith

So ACcountant Green....

I want to be called accountant Green from now on

[Bucky]

1. Teacher Bucky replies

in Mexico they call lawyers Licensia Green and in Russia you might be called Farmer Green if you were a farmer. I sometimes think it's odd that people on the bus sometimes address the driver as "Hey, bus driver!" They got those name badges on after all.

[Dave Reynolds]

2. Hello, accountant Green,

I am histotechnologist Reynolds.

But you can call me "goomba".

[WCGreen]

3. Goomba dude....

[caty]

4. What do they

call the medical student who graduates last in his class?
















Doctor!:think:

[WCGreen]

5. I was invited to this sit down with Blue Shield when I was

running for office. it was in the loge at a Cav's game....

So all these people are coming and going....

I'm nervous, these people could be giving me money soon...

So this gal comes up to me and introduces herself and tells me she is an intern....

I say, who ends up being the proctologist, the guy who walks in late on the first day of med school.....

She looked at me, and told me, before walking off in a huff, that proctology was deadly serious and that she was going into the field because her father had colon cancer.....

Well, you can get a fair idea why I am here posting on DU instead of passing laws in Columbus....

[Child_Of_Isis]

6. Doctors are...

just one step away from being god...if you don't believe me...just ask them.

[Floogeldy]

7. Let me tell you something . . .

. . . Accountant Green, you are entitled.

;)

[6000eliot]

8. They didn't use to be

It wasn't until the past 150 years or so that schools offered doctorates in medicine. They were called "physician," or one who administers physic or "surgeon." And they were referred to as "Mr."

[ForrestGump]

10. Surgeons in at least some Anglo-aligned countries are called "Mr" still

Outside the US, a medical degree is generally not considered the equivalent of a PhD...i.e., a doctorate. Physicians are considered technicians, essentially...gets kind of muddled with the generic use of the word "doctor," though.

I'd just as soon see the doctorateness of the whole MD thing thrown out the window, if only because (apart from so many -- not all, but a great many -- allopathic doctors seeing themselves as superior and infallible gods) the overprescribed masses who worship the ground that doctors walk on, and the system that upholds this dangerous dysfunctional relationship, might not unquestioningly place all of their trust and faith in people and institutions that are all too fallible.

[6000eliot]

11. I think I'm just bitter because I have a PhD

And people don't think of me as a "real doctor."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Hi, 6000eliot!

Well, IMHO, you certainly are a real Doctor! Ph.D's don't exactly grow on trees...you have to work very hard to get one...What field is yours in? My husband, oldest daughter, my dad, and my father-in-law, all had/have Ph.D's! And I know how hard they all worked to get them...

Tell me if you like, about yours...:hug: :hi:

[6000eliot]

12. I think I'm just bitter because I have a Ph.D.

And people don't think of me as a "real doctor."

[WCGreen]

15. Some PHd. You dupe your message

Kidding, you are right about that

[6000eliot]

17. Actually, that was because of a lost Internet connection

just as I hit "Post Message."

[ForrestGump]

18. Same here

But I'm more concerned about the cult of Doctor-As-God that permeates this country (the US, I mean). Dangerous.

In the meantime, I've used the 'Dr' title a few times to get perks usually reserved for aforementioned medical gods, though I may regret doing so when asked to deliver a baby in the parking lot of a supermarket.

Go overseas and you'll be rightly venerated as a doctor and able to look down on those human-physiology mechanics who labor under the tyranny of the stethoscope... :-)

[WCGreen]

19. phsysiology mechancs....

I love that....

But a doctor did drag me back from certain death...

But more important, the nurses did most of the work....

[ForrestGump]

23. Nurses!

Now you're talking.

Some great doctors out there...I've been pretty lucky with them, actually, but I've still encountered some of the icky kind and have been close to people who've had experiences with physicians that ranged from merely blah (arrogant, etc) to downright lethal. It's the veneration of MDs as infallible and all-knowing that worries me, because it's an incredibly dangerous attitude and it's one fostered by society and medical institutions (the 'Medical-Industrial Complex'?) and even, sometimes, by the doctors themselves.

Doctors don't have all the answers -- this is a given of anyone really, and it's a particularly important fact when you're talking about decisions that affect health and welfare so dorectly and permanently. I've taught pre-med students and, well, it was an experience that didn't exactly bolster my confidence in the cognitive or other abilities of aspiring physicians.

[6000eliot]

20. A friend of mine used to work in administration at a small college.

It was her responsibility (among others) to take the weekly hoagie order. One member of the faculty signed his name every week with a "Ph.D." after it. I asked if she thought that maybe he was requesting extra bologna.

[ForrestGump]

21. Cold cuts piled higher and deeper

:-)

Something piled higher and deeper, at least. 'cos we all know what 'BS' stands for and 'MS' is just more of the same.

[sir_captain]

13. To be fair

medical education outside of this country is a lot easier than it is here. I'd still say that from a purely academic point of view, an MD is not quite the equivalent of a PhD, but an American MD is a lot closer than one from pretty much any other country.

[sir_captain]

14. Yeah

though at the time, there wasn't really any medical education at all. Historically, "surgeons" were usually just the guys who had sharp knives--the barbers, believe it or not.

[miss_kitty]

9. Old Slacker miss_kitty

[WCGreen]

22. Now that's a keeper

[CanuckAmok]

16. From the latin:

doctorus.

Meaning, literally, he who takes Wednesday afternoons and alternate Fridays off.

[PittPoliSci]

25. I guess that makes me Bum Wil.

[Wetzelbill]

27. haha

But, at least, you have 3000 posts, though.

[Wetzelbill]

26. Somebody should call me Lazy Writer Wetzel........

that will work. Definitely.