Homeopaths Calling Themselves "Doctor": Why & How to Stop It

[foxhole8063]

This was a great video and I agree completely, but the volume difference between the speaker and the sound effects at the end nearly blew my shoes off.

[cnocspeireag]

Homeopaths in the UK have MD degrees before studying homeopathy. I've always found this difficult to understand. Although it should be reassuring it gives them a spurious respectability.

[rdoetjes]

Hear Hear!!! A doctor should have a medical license obtained from a registered University. You see the same shit in hypnotherapy where people call then "Dr". It makes my hairs stand up.

[TheBetterGame]

There's a small homeopathic shelf in my local pharmacy. I live in saskatchewan. Makes me angry, because the only disclaimer is the word "homeopathic" on the box. They should require the same descriptors we have on cigarette packages.

[dookdawg214]

In France, where I live, many homeopaths are fully certified doctors.

[rdoetjes]

@dookdawg214 Well in that case your country is ignorant! Homeopathy is proven rubbish and "Doctors" who flog this "water" should be ashamed because obviously they have nor studied science.

[dookdawg214]

Good thing Dr. Dre doesn't live in Canada.

[moonlightkisu]

is it weird that I thought of doctor who while watching this? probably

[myjizzureye]

Is that a dude or a chick........

[IncDeathCreed]

@myjizzureye you seem about 2 iq points away from being a rock.

[myjizzureye]

@IncDeathCreed That may be the case but.....is that a dude or a chick?

[IncDeathCreed]

@myjizzureye it's a dude you fucking moron.

[myjizzureye]

@IncDeathCreed Yikes....I was wondering.

[PluralOfEverything]

I am a doctor.

[dabigq]

Guys! You have GOT to work on the sound level difference between the person speaking and your closing effects! I was wearing headphones and I thought a war had been declared!

[sensur1]

@dabigq

Heheh.. agree with ya there.

[shawandrew]

I think there should be some context of the person giving this editorial, which I like and agree with. He has a setup similar to how most university professors do, with books such as "Human Ethics" on a bookshelf behind him. I would be interested to know this person's background.

[Satanos777]

Homeopaths or sociopaths?

[TheLizardLass]

The main problem here is that we use the word "Doctor" (which applies to anyone with a doctoral degree in any field from English Literature to Computer Engineering) to mean "physician" in common parlance. There are non-physicians who legitimately call themselves "doctor" (university professors for example).

[itmartel]

@TheLizardLass You are right - I am a "Doctor" of philosophy myself. But the rule in Ontario is that I can't call myself a doctor in the context of offering or providing medical services. In the classroom, I can be "Doctor", but not in the clinic. Homeopaths, of course, typically have neither MD nor PhD.

[jkzl1008]

Great work CASS! Wish you could do something about chiropractors and naturopaths using the dr. designation... but that's a whole 'nother battle!