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Do you consider a chiropractor a doctor?

  1. 2littlepumpkins

    grapefruit / 4455 posts

    Nope.

  2. ChiCalGoBee

    nectarine / 2028 posts

    Nope. I also don't think of my BIL as a doctor even though he calls himself Dr (with a phd in philosophy). My husband has a J.D. and isn't a "doctor," either! To me a doctor is an MD/DO/Podiatrist.

  3. pastemoo

    cantaloupe / 6146 posts

    @FannyMae: i'm with you

  4. FannyMae

    persimmon / 1461 posts

    @Mrs. Pen: I was thinking about this too. Being called a "Doctor" when working in the medical field gives the idea that the person is a medical doctor or the equivalent, even if this is not the case. False sense of security perhaps?

    In a similar vein, surgeons here are referred to by Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs rather than Dr which I always found funny.

  5. Alba4

    nectarine / 2951 posts

    No. A DO is a medical Dr, but not a Chiropractor.

  6. 2littlepumpkins

    grapefruit / 4455 posts

    @FannyMae: yeah one of maybe three chiropractors I know is hugely anti vax with proof of memes and in my opinion also blindly pro-his-political-opinions (I will avoid specifics but I'm sure we all know the type..) so maybe I am a little biased but I don't put much weight in the education of a chiropractor...

  7. Maysprout

    grapefruit / 4800 posts

    @2littlepumpkins: chiropractor s and some other groups, like Scientology, were against germ theory of disease. Basically they didn't believe that bacteria and viruses caused illness. It's sort of like the climate change deniers nowadays. Chiropractors really set themselves against modern medicine for awhile. There's been a more recent trend to incorporate them as an option for people bc there are certain pain issues that are helped by chiropractors but there's still some chiropractors that hold onto the very old school idea of back cracking is a cure all.

  8. pinkcupcake

    cantaloupe / 6751 posts

    @Littlebit7: agree w/what you said.

    I have a friend who is a chiropractor who refers to himself as a physician and doctor. It's misleading, in my opinion, because there are people who truly think he is an MD.

  9. Meowkers

    persimmon / 1364 posts

    No. I think of them as a medical care professional. I work with chiropractors and medical doctors on a regular basis and chiropractors do get their feathers ruffled if you don't refer to them as "Dr." So I go along with it but but actually consider them a doctor.

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