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Are chiropractic practices a scam?
Re: Are chiropractic practices a scam?
by Prince » Fri 05 Jun 2009, 21:02:07
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'T')hat's a pretty cynical perspective and historically inaccurate. I've known and worked with some very fine DO's. I definitely don't think it's "med school light". Historically there were several basic schools of medical thinking: allopathic, homeopathic, osteopathic, naturopathic. Back in the mid 1800's the allopathic school formed the AMA and through a good amount of fairly underhanded lobbying, won recognition as "medical doctors" and won preferential legal treatment over the other schools. Medicine has improved dramatically at that time, but at that time going to an allopath was generally far more dangerous than whatever you were ill with. The basic philosophy of allopathy was to make you so sick that whatever disease you had would give up and leave in search of a better host. Thus purgatives, blood letting, etc.
Cynical? Maybe. Incorrect? Hardly. Traditionally MCAT scores and GPAs are much lower for DOs than for MDs. I never said it was "med school light"; however, it is traditionally accepted that those from a osteopathic training couldn't cut the mustard to make it into a standard medical school. Are there exceptions? Sure. I have no doubt there are cases where some DOs chose osteopathic school over allopathic, but I'd bet in 95% of the cases, their choices were made for them via lower grades and MCAT scores. The training is as demanding and is difficult, but it doesn't have the same "wow factor" that allopathic medical schools have. Does it matter? Not really. How does the old saying go?..."Men honor titles more than titles honor men."
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'D')O's can go into allopathic residencies, or they can do DO residencies. Basically DO's and MD's have fairly similar practice except that some DO's do joint manipulation. DO's I believe are also generally regulated by the state board of osteopathy rather than the state board of medicine.
Read my post again. I am fully aware of this and explicitly mentioned this in said post:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Prince', '.')..their training, residency, and credentials are virtually the same as MDs...
In the end, does it really matter? Not to most people (me included). However, from the several doctors that I personally know (being married to one, I've met quite a few in the last 5 years) DOs are quite often frowned upon by fellow MDs. Is it fair? No. Is it justified? No. Does it happen? Yes.
Anyway, we're getting a little off topic.
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Re: Are chiropractic practices a scam?
by smallpoxgirl » Fri 05 Jun 2009, 22:41:53
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Prince', 'C')ynical? Maybe. Incorrect? Hardly.
You said it was created for lesser students. Sorry to wound your ego, but you are demonstrably wrong on that count. It was created several hundred years ago out of a different understanding of the basis and treatment of disease. So you're incorrect about being incorrect. Is that incorrect squared?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')owever, from the several doctors that I personally know (being married to one, I've met quite a few in the last 5 years) DOs are quite often frowned upon by fellow MDs. Is it fair? No. Is it justified? No. Does it happen? Yes.
You're obviously hanging out with some really insecure and imature MDs. Thankfully, I've not have to work with anyone that banal. There were several DO's in my residency, both as faculty and as fellow residents. All of them that I worked with were top notch physicians.
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