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> naturopathic doctors are legit medical professionals But not actual doctors right?

buildsjets 3y ago
Yes, actual doctors / physicians. "A person represents himself or herself as a naturopath when that person adopts or uses any title or any description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: Naturopath, naturopathy, naturopathic, naturopathic physician, ND, or doctor of naturopathic medicine." https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.36A.030 https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.36A.030
- chpatrick 3y ago
  That just says that you can't call yourself a naturopath without a naturopathy license, but it doesn't mean you have to know anything about real medicine.
InSteady 3y ago
Where naturopath is a legally protected term and there is government licensing body, they are given the title ND. As in doctor of naturopathy.
- chpatrick 3y ago
  So not a real doctor.
  - QuercusMax 3y ago
    I have a close family member who's an ND in Oregon, and as part of their training they had 4 years in regular college (studying biology/biochem), then 4 years at an accredited naturopathic school, and a 2 year residency. It's highly rigorous and not just quack stuff.
    - chpatrick 3y ago
      I'm sure there are highly rigorous schools for feng shui too. If this stuff works why isn't it part of mainstream evidence-based medicine? Big pharma conspiracy?
      - eutropia 3y ago
        Because "evidence-based" medicine isn't. At least in the US, Medical Training for MDs is probably the most dogmatic science-related discipline. Change is incredibly slow, because tenured professors will lecture positions and practices on topics directly contradicted by the very textbooks they assigned for the class (which they haven't read in several editions). It doesn't take a conspiracy for an incredibly valuable pool of people to remain insulated from things that would challenge their status quo (or worse, the egos of those in charge). Medicine advances one death at a time - and it's not the deaths of patients, but rather from the death of the old guard.

Yes, actual doctors / physicians. "A person represents himself or herself as a naturopath when that person adopts or uses any title or any description of services that incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: Naturopath, naturopathy, naturopathic, naturopathic physician, ND, or doctor of naturopathic medicine." https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.36A.030 https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=18.36A.030

chpatrick 3y ago
That just says that you can't call yourself a naturopath without a naturopathy license, but it doesn't mean you have to know anything about real medicine.

InSteady 3y ago

Where naturopath is a legally protected term and there is government licensing body, they are given the title ND. As in doctor of naturopathy.

chpatrick 3y ago
So not a real doctor.
- QuercusMax 3y ago
  I have a close family member who's an ND in Oregon, and as part of their training they had 4 years in regular college (studying biology/biochem), then 4 years at an accredited naturopathic school, and a 2 year residency. It's highly rigorous and not just quack stuff.
  - chpatrick 3y ago
    I'm sure there are highly rigorous schools for feng shui too. If this stuff works why isn't it part of mainstream evidence-based medicine? Big pharma conspiracy?
    - eutropia 3y ago
      Because "evidence-based" medicine isn't. At least in the US, Medical Training for MDs is probably the most dogmatic science-related discipline. Change is incredibly slow, because tenured professors will lecture positions and practices on topics directly contradicted by the very textbooks they assigned for the class (which they haven't read in several editions). It doesn't take a conspiracy for an incredibly valuable pool of people to remain insulated from things that would challenge their status quo (or worse, the egos of those in charge). Medicine advances one death at a time - and it's not the deaths of patients, but rather from the death of the old guard.