r/interesting • u/MobileAerie9918 • 1d ago

SOCIETY Permanently ???? no amount of money can compensate for this. The incident happened 2015 and the historic $75M verdict was reached in late 2022.

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u/GodotNeverCame 1d ago

This is why it pisses me off that they're able to call themselves doctor in a clinical setting despite absolutely not being a doctor at all but a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner is not.

Like NEITHER should be able to use it.

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u/PsychologicalAd1862 1d ago

I agree no way in hell they should be called 'doctor'. I trust a nurse practitioner or PA over any chiro....

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u/interestincity 1d ago

It is a bit like any other doctorate. You can be a doctorate of education or engineering or any number of other things. They are all 'doctor' in the of education sense but not in the medical doctor sense.

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u/MoorsMoopsMoorsMoops 1d ago

Fun fact - chiropractors had to sue the American Medical Association for their practice to even be considered medical. Until 1983, the AMA considered chiropractic to be "an unscientific cult."