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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused by MDs protesting here. If I understand correctly, many MD, called doctors of medicine, do not hold an actual PhDs. Hence doctor is an honorary, historically accepted term that has no bearing on them actually being PhD in their field. Some might be, but most are not. My own sister is a surgeon, and yes she spent a lot of time specializing her field, but she still wishes she had a PhD in her field, which she does not. [/quote]
I believe it's mostly an American and UK (and former colonies) custom to call MDs "doctor". In UK, though, I think surgeons do not like having the title "doctor", and they prefer "Mr"/"Ms".

I think it's mostly an American thing to insist that people with PhDs do not deserve to be called "doctor". Probably part of our historic anti-intellectualism or something. I don't care much, but the anti-PhD ranting in this thread is bizarre and needlessly offensive. I guess one thing I did learn in my STEM PhD that sets me apart from some of those posters is the difference between an anecdote and data.[/quote]

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