Doctors that aren't doctors. Dr. that are not Dr.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 10-12-2018 10:26PM #1

I think the word doctor should be a title preserved for those that provide healthcare to people. If you can diagnose or prescribe or write a note for someone that's ill you're a doctor. Otherwise you are not a doctor and should not be allowed put that title before your name.

Who the fuck made Dr. Ian Paisley happen?

There's other examples too btw...

Archeron · 10-12-2018 10:27PM

Doctor Bunsen.

PTH2009 · 10-12-2018 10:29PM

Yeah having a person with a doctorate in sound engineering or English will not be any help if ur having a massive heart attack in front of them

They should rename Doctorate of non medical subjects to something else

dxhound2005 · 10-12-2018 10:29PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I think the word doctor should be a title preserved for those that provide healthcare to people. If you can diagnose or prescribe or write a note for someone that's ill you're a doctor. Otherwise you are not a doctor and should not be allowed put that title before your name.

Who the fuck made Dr. Ian Paisley happen? There's other examples too btw...

You can't go round changing the English language like that.

Tom Mann Centuria · 10-12-2018 10:30PM

And surgical consultants are Misters, not doctors. The zany scamps.

WesternZulu · 10-12-2018 10:30PM

The title was originally dedicated to those who had obtained a Doctor of Philosophy.

Therefore, all them medical doctors are really only fake doctors!

PM me nudes · 10-12-2018 10:31PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Yeah having a person with a doctorate in sound engineering or English will not be any help if ur having a massive heart attack in front of them

They should rename Doctorate of non medical subjects to something else

The term Doctor was originally exclusively for people that had a doctorate degree, it was later adopted by medical doctors as it was deemed a title of honour and respect.

Sarn · 10-12-2018 10:31PM

Anyone with a doctorate is correctly called a doctor. It spread to medical practitioners and is used as a courtesy title. Recently vets in Ireland also use the title doctor.

endacl · 10-12-2018 10:31PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Yeah having a person with a doctorate in sound engineering or English will not be any help if ur having a massive heart attack in front of them

Doctor of medicine would be fuqall use trying to balance the sound between the delay towers in Slane on a windy day.

Raheem Euro · 10-12-2018 10:33PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD52OlkKfNs

10-12-2018 10:33PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I think the word doctor should be a title preserved for those that provide healthcare to people. If you can diagnose or prescribe or write a note for someone that's ill you're a doctor. Otherwise you are not a doctor and should not be allowed put that title before your name.

Who the fuck made Dr. Ian Paisley happen? There's other examples too btw...

A non doctor with Dr in front of their name will have a degree, masters and a doctorate. A medical doctor just has a degree. Maybe the medical doctor should change their name to just their specific job e.g. GP. It would be easier that way and people would not think they had a doctorate and would know what type of medical doctor they were. Or would this not be ok with you?

KevRossi · 10-12-2018 10:34PM

PM me nudes wrote: »

The term Doctor was originally exclusively for people that had a doctorate degree, it was later adopted by medical doctors as it was deemed a title of honour and respect.

^ Seems some people here are avid readers of the 'I bet you didn't know that.....' thread.

;-)

i71jskz5xu42pb · 10-12-2018 10:34PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Who the fuck made Dr. Ian Paisley happen?

Bob Jones University, honoury doctorate i.e. Micky Mouse doctorate.

kal7 · 10-12-2018 10:35PM

Chiropractors who use the title Dr. Now that is confusing

I don't mind dr of say chemistry etc as they don't try to be medical

PM me nudes · 10-12-2018 10:35PM

KevRossi wrote: »

^ Seems some people here are avid readers of the 'I bet you didn't know that.....' thread.

;-)

No, I'm doing a PhD :pac:

magentis · 10-12-2018 10:36PM

endacl wrote: »

Doctor of medicine would be fuqall use trying to balance the sound between the delay towers in Slane on a windy day.

Must have been a medical doctor doing it for GNR last year.

JohnnyFlash · 10-12-2018 10:37PM

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

Squatter · 10-12-2018 10:37PM

I'm always puzzled when my dentist's receptionist answers the phone with the words "Doctor XXXXX's surgery"

I assume that "Doctor" is an honourary title that he has awarded himself. Or are dentists entitled to call themselves doctor?

PM me nudes · 10-12-2018 10:38PM

Also, it's Dr not Dr. this side of the Atlantic

goose2005 · 10-12-2018 10:39PM

WesternZulu wrote: »

The title was originally dedicated to those who had obtained a Doctor of Philosophy.

Therefore, all them medical doctors are really only fake doctors!

No, the original doctorates were theology, law and medicine. Doctor of Philosophy emerged in the mid-17th century.

10-12-2018 10:43PM

Just leaving this here...

https://mobile.twitter.com/kennedysinger?lang=en

FishOnABike · 10-12-2018 10:44PM

Someone with a NFQ level 10 qualification is a doctor and, in gaining their qualification, has made a significant original contribution to the field of knowledge in their area.

Perhaps medical practitioners should differentiate themselves by using the M.D. suffix

dxhound2005 · 10-12-2018 10:44PM

Squatter wrote: »

I'm always puzzled when my dentist's receptionist answers the phone with the words "Doctor XXXXX's surgery"

I assume that "Doctor" is an honourary title that he has awarded himself. Or are dentists entitled to call themselves doctor?

I wonder what a dictionary would say.

KERSPLAT! · 10-12-2018 10:47PM

Raheem Euro wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD52OlkKfNs

What a show! Good aul Jed.

troyzer · 10-12-2018 10:51PM

There are different types of doctorates such as a DPhil, PhD, JD, DDS and of course an MD.

They're all doctors. Saying that only MDs should be called doctors is bizarre.

It should be noted that the last three are called professional doctorates which means they require no research so if anything it should be the MDs which drop the doctor label. Lawyers have never used theirs even though they're just as entitled.