Nephilim

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1. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

   Nephilim replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral

   The point of that Webster quote is to show how out of step its definition is with the meaning it has in peoples minds. What support can you draw from a resource that lists a holder of a very advanced degree ahead of physician when the same reference ...

2. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

   Nephilim replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral

   I think the fundamental difference is whether you value what words mean to people more or less than what the word means in a dictionary. That is not a question open to rational debate and, I think, is something that is just personal opinion. That bei...

3. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

   Nephilim replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral

   As a new MD I am terrified to be called doctor. The term is a public trust, contributed to over decades by the men and women who came before me, and when you use the term you draw on that trust. You cannot have it both ways, wrapping yourself in a wo...