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  People who disagree with this opinion are MORONS. It is a doctorate. Respect the education.
context: PhD = philosophiae doctor (the doctor is in the title) 
  A medical degree isn't automatically a Dr. Many do write some piss easy compilation of data, which isn't more work than a bachelor or master thesis. In the old days every medical practitioner also wrote a dissertation and got the degree. That stuck in the mind of most people. In German there is a difference between a "Doktor" and a "Arzt". The latter being everyone who completed medical studies at a university and could also write a dissertation to become a doctor. >
  
  How about we don't call anyone doctor unless it's work related.  I don't care what degree you do or don't have when I run into you in a social setting.  If you correct me when I call you "Mr" or "Mrs" and tell me it's actually "Dr" I lost all respect for you and there's nothing you could ever do to get it back. >
  
  I know a lot of MDs and Phds, and this is my feeling as well. I don't think any of them use their title outside of work and it would be really weird if they did.
  I have a title and I never use it outside of work and I would be a total weirdo if I did. >
  
  What's yer title? >
  
  Unless they work in a hospital or medical setting, I agree. If they work in the medical field, calling them Dr may confuse the patients, other medical doctors, nurses, etc. >
  
  If you expect to be called Dr. outside of the realm of your doctorate/profession, you should rightfully be laughed at. >
  
  By that logic, American lawyers should also call themselves “doctor” because they have a Juris Doctor degree.  So lawyers are also doctors now? >
  
  I’m happy to say I’ve never encountered anyone who introduced themselves as “Doctor” (or any kind of title) in front of their name in a social setting, although I know it happens. But it’s kinda disappointing to wait all these years to reply that I’m the Arch Mage of the Council of Seven >
  
  The US system is so stupid - with a PhD you'd never be called a dr. over in the majority of Europe. Even the professor thing is stupid in the US, because most university teachers in the US have "only" finished a master's degree.
  Where I am, it's a long process that requires several years of working in the field, several years of studying a certain subject. If you qualify for it, you need to write a doctorate, which will be judged by professors and other doctors of  around the world. 
  So to gain a professor title, you need the following:
  - Bachelors.
  - Candidate/Masters.
  - PhD.
  - PostDoc (work experience)
  - Adjunkt/Lector (work towards your subject field)
  DOCTORATE
  - Doctor.
  - Associate Professor.
  - Professor.
  You also seem to forget that medical school is way longer than just a bach+master, and is in line with the added length (if not more) of a PhD, thus granting them the title DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.
  Chripractors, though. AFAIK it's basically just a bachelors and a masters, so IDK why they are allowed to call themselves doctors of medicine. >
  
  the professors with only a masters are usually better teachers because the professors with PhDs only see me as free labor >
  
  How many people are fooled by a chiropractor calling themselves a “Doctor of chiropractic medicine” When they don’t go to medical school at all. >
  
  I’m confused. I thought everyone called them doctors? That’s how I refer to all of my professors >
  
  1000% agree