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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.
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. >

Chiropractors and plastic surgeons absolutely should not be considered doctors >

Not all plastic surgeons do butt lifts and nose jobs… I had a breast reduction done by a plastic surgeon that quite literally changed my life. If a person is cutting into your body and removing stuff they have the right to call themselves a doctor… >

Physicians is a better term and is being increasingly used. >

I'd just like to point out that while you do get your MD after 4 years of medical school, the minimum residency training to actually be able to use that degree is 3 years. Most are 5 years. Some are 7+. 
An MD degree by itself is worthless. It's your training and speciality that allows you to practice. 
You're looking at 7-13 years before actually practicing. >

But you're "Dr" after just four years. >

If you expect to be called Dr. outside of the realm of your doctorate/profession, you should rightfully be laughed at. >

Agree, in middle school I had a teacher who had his Ph.D in musical theory.
Yea, he insisted that the students call him Doctor.
That is why I laugh at this thread and the person who created. it. >

Based on the comment, if he’s teaching musical theory, then it aight. If not, then it’s a big laugh situation >

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. >

The main difference is that MDs are technicians. Smart technicians, but technicians nonetheless.
PhDs are intellectuals. They are the ones creating new medical knowledge, disproving the efficacy of current practices, etc.
All medical researchers hold PhDs. A handful hold a PhD and an MD degree. None, essentially, hold only an MD degree - they're simply not qualified to perform research. >

don't know why you got downvoted because you're exactly right. Maybe your word choice "technician" rubbed some people the wrong way. Another word might be "practitioner".
Medical doctorate is mostly "applied sciences", because, well, MD's are for people who want to practice medicine.