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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by noduerme on Sunday May 15, 2022 @03:03AM (#31385782)
As an aside, what's with all the chiropractors starting cults and self-help websites and running for office calling themselves "doctors" these days? It's like every time I hear about some dirtbag doctor selling a fake covid cure, turns out to be a chiropractor. Chiropractic was a quack gig to begin with, but whatever online university decided to call it a doctoral degree deserves a special place in hell. Still, doesn't fully explain their disproportionate presence in the snake oil business in the past decade.
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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by klodolph on Sunday May 15, 2022 @03:24AM (#31385883)
If they're "doctor" it's because they completed a doctorate program, typically a D.C.

All people who complete a doctorate program are entitled to be addressed as "doctor". This includes everything from a Ph.D. (the original "doctor"), to M.D.s and D.O.s (medical doctors), and yes, D.C.

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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by Broken_Hippo on Sunday May 15, 2022 @05:34AM (#31386403)
There is a glaring difference, though.

The chiropractors aren't having folks call them doctor because they have the right to (as someone with a PhD would do). They are doing it to make folks think they are medical professionals in the same manner as an M.D.

In other words, posing as a medical doctor.

And this kills folks when you consider the sort of scam practices that a lot of chiropractors tend to practice. Honestly, I think it is too bad that we've decided to use the same word for all of these and I'd be happy to change things legally to protect folks from this sort of sham.

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Re:Long-term benzodiazepine use causes synapse loss and cogn... by noduerme on Sunday May 15, 2022 @04:35AM (#31386169)
>> All people who complete a doctorate program are entitled to be addressed as "doctor"

Well, we have three choices. Either:

1. We change this social norm

2. we come up with a better title for people who didn't get a degree in quackery from an online program, or

3. most people lose all trust in doctors.

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