You bring up an interesting angle which is that the title inflation thing in the US now has secondary and tertiary implications. Optometrists call themselves “d

You bring up an interesting angle which is that the title inflation thing in the US now has secondary and tertiary implications. Optometrists call themselves “doctors” as do chiropractors and others. Increasingly it seems medical facilities just go back to the root and put someone’s degree in giant letters on their badge. “MD” “RN” etc. And the public at large increasingly just calls all these people “your healthcare provider” instead of “your doctor.” In essence physicians are upset at others (optometrists, chiropractors, and such) doing exactly what medical school graduates did in previous generations... insist on people calling them “doctoral to gain more recognition with the public at large. When you know the history it’s all quite amusing. However if random people are running in providing unqualified expertise to patients in a medical practice though that suggests there are far bigger problems to be dealt with than title games. The “doctor” thing is just a red herring.