[NPInfo] WSJ Health Blog: "Dr. Nurse"

[Kate Hammill]

The proper name for them is "physician".   "Doctor" is
a broader term encompassing the Doctor of Philosophy,
among other things, and is owned and used properly  by
thousand who are non-physicians.  Physicians have no
leg to stand on that this term belongs to only them
and we should not let them get away with it--I never
use the term "doctor" to describe them--always
"physician" (and usually add "heal thyself" as an
aside.)  Boy, its' a full time job, isn't it, just
keeping up with the dishonesty and disingenuousness of
this gang.
Kate Hammill






--- David Mittman <dmittman at comcast.net> wrote:

> When you are a physician you feel that you are
> captain of the ship  
> (and in many ways you are).
> Others come along that SAY that they can do what you
> do........
> They say that you do not need to go to medical
> school to be a good  
> clinician...............
> And now some of these people want to be referred to
> as "Doctor".
> I fully understand how physicians would at a minimum
> feel that  
> patients will be confused (and they will be) and at
> a maximum, how  
> there will soon be no difference between others who
> did not do it  
> "the right way" as they did which to them is the
> ONLY way one can do it.
> I can nfullkyfullky see how threatening this is to
> docs generally.
> That being said if you have a doctorate in a
> clinical area, you  
> earned it and should use it.
> Dave
> 
> On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:09 AM, SGrtWhite at aol.com
> wrote:
> 
> >
>
_http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/02/say-hello-to-dr-nurse/?
> 
> > mod=WSJBlog_
> >
>
(http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/02/say-hello-to-dr-nurse/?
> 
> > mod=WSJBlog)
> >
> > An article in today's WSJ Health Blog about
> doctorate degrees and  
> > nurse
> > practitioners. Gotta love the physician comment:
> >
> > "Also, since these nurses with a doctorate can use
> “Dr.” some  
> > physicians
> > worry that patients could become confused. “Nurses
> with an advanced  
> > degree are
> > not the same as doctors who have been to medical
> school,” says  
> > Roger Moore,
> > incoming president of the American Society of
> Anesthesiologists."
> >
> > See? Our goal is to try and "confuse" patients
> into thinking that   
> > we are
> > physicians. Please!
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> >
> > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros.
> Watch the video  
> > on AOL
> > Home.
> >
>
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> 
> > video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)
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