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Why wouldn't he use the "Dr." preffix if he's a doctor?
by omegote 9y ago
Why wouldn't he use the "Dr." preffix if he's a doctor?
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- thebooktocome 9y agoIt's a bit in vogue these days for PhD non-MD to forgo the title in informal settings. Refusing to do so can appear egotistical.
- omegote 9y agoI think the opposite. It's unfair for medics without a PhD to be called doctor. If you have a PhD you've earned all the rights to be called doctor and to use the preffix whenever you feel like. I would if I had a PhD.
- KGIII 9y agoWhilst this veers off-topic, I don't use the formal title, even though I have earned the right to do so. It's actually not just a matter if humility. I find that, when introduced with the title, people ask me for medical advice. I am a mathematician, not a physician.