appropriate appellation-identity crisis!

[Guest guest]

I have followed the discussion or should I better say identity crisis as

to what we should be called. Personally, because of the volatility of

the terms doctor and physician, at least in the interim, would it not be

more accurate and deferential to take the approach that they do in

Florida (acupuncture practitioner or AP) and expand upon it, to be

called a " Licensed practitioner of acupuncture and Oriental Medicine " or

LPAOM?

 

I don't understand why in virtually all states we are called licensed

acupuncturists or certified acupucturists, etc, which implies, at least

to me, that we use acupuncture, but treat conditions much as Western

physicians or chiropractors do, when the reality is that we don't (or at

least by our training, shouldn't! )

 

Why not call a rose a rose (or at least mei gui hua)?

 

Yehuda

[Guest guest]

In fact they won a lawsuit in order to be able to use this designation.

Later

Mike W. Bowser, L Ac

 

> " Alon Marcus " <alonmarcus

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>Re: appropriate appellation-identity crisis!

>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:21:43 -0800

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>acupuncture practitioner

> >>>Yehuda they are called acupuncture physician

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[Guest guest]

acupuncture practitioner

>>>Yehuda they are called acupuncture physician