Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD "DOCTOR" AND HISTORY OF THE WORD
I love word origins. The English language is rich for its use of words from different origins.
As a doctor, I wanted to learn more about the word, and so, here 'tis :
From MedTerms.com
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9237
"Definition of Doctor
Doctor: In a medical context, any medical professional with an MD, a PhD, or any other doctoral degree. The term doctor is quite nonspecific. A doctor may, for example, be a physician, psychologist, biomedical scientist, dentist, or veterinarian. In a nonmedical context, a professor of history might be addressed as doctor, an eminent theologian might be named a doctor of a church, and a person awarded an honorary doctorate by a college or university might also be called a doctor.
The word "doctor" comes from the Latin "docere" meaning to teach. A doctor was a teacher, especially a learned or authoritative one."
From Wikipedia:
"Doctor ( IPA:/ˈdɒktə/, Loudspeaker.png Audio (US) (info • help) ) is a word that has more than one meaning. It can mean a person who practices medicine or surgery[1], a person who practices dentistry, alternative medicine or it can mean someone who has gained the highest degree at a university[1] or in Australia and New Zealand to mean a cook at a camp.[1] The word doctor comes from Latin and means teacher. People have been known as medical doctors for over 4600 years since at least the year 2650BCE. In many countries the word doctor can only be used by people who are licensed medical doctors or who have the highest degree from a university.
History of the word
The first time the word was used in the English language was in 1303 and was used as meaning a "doctor of the church" which meant a person who knew a lot about religion. Doctor is a latin word that means 'teacher'[1] and is a form of the Latin word 'docre' which means 'to teach'. The first time doctor was used in English to mean a 'medical doctor' was in 1377 and was written as a person being a "doctour of deth" meaning a doctor of death (ie: a medical doctor).[2] The word was often used by the 16th century to mean a person who is a medical doctor and is found in William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.[3
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So, those who want to be purists about the use of the word "Doctor", need to give it back to being used only by those with a doctorate in theology.
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As a doctor, I wanted to learn more about the word, and so, here 'tis :
From MedTerms.com
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9237
"Definition of Doctor
Doctor: In a medical context, any medical professional with an MD, a PhD, or any other doctoral degree. The term doctor is quite nonspecific. A doctor may, for example, be a physician, psychologist, biomedical scientist, dentist, or veterinarian. In a nonmedical context, a professor of history might be addressed as doctor, an eminent theologian might be named a doctor of a church, and a person awarded an honorary doctorate by a college or university might also be called a doctor.
The word "doctor" comes from the Latin "docere" meaning to teach. A doctor was a teacher, especially a learned or authoritative one."
From Wikipedia:
"Doctor ( IPA:/ˈdɒktə/, Loudspeaker.png Audio (US) (info • help) ) is a word that has more than one meaning. It can mean a person who practices medicine or surgery[1], a person who practices dentistry, alternative medicine or it can mean someone who has gained the highest degree at a university[1] or in Australia and New Zealand to mean a cook at a camp.[1] The word doctor comes from Latin and means teacher. People have been known as medical doctors for over 4600 years since at least the year 2650BCE. In many countries the word doctor can only be used by people who are licensed medical doctors or who have the highest degree from a university.
History of the word
The first time the word was used in the English language was in 1303 and was used as meaning a "doctor of the church" which meant a person who knew a lot about religion. Doctor is a latin word that means 'teacher'[1] and is a form of the Latin word 'docre' which means 'to teach'. The first time doctor was used in English to mean a 'medical doctor' was in 1377 and was written as a person being a "doctour of deth" meaning a doctor of death (ie: a medical doctor).[2] The word was often used by the 16th century to mean a person who is a medical doctor and is found in William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.[3
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So, those who want to be purists about the use of the word "Doctor", need to give it back to being used only by those with a doctorate in theology.
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church, universal, religion, religious, religosity, religilous
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
WHY WHOLE FOODS CEO's PLAN FOR ALTERNATIVE TO OBAMACARE IS IDIOTIC
"The controversy over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's anti-ObamaCare stance is now well into its third round. It all started with Mackey's August 11 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. In it, Mackey argued that "the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system." He presented, instead, The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare:
1. "Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts."
2. "Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits."
3. Allow competition across state lines.
4. "Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover."
5. "Enact tort reform."
6. "Make costs transparent."
7. "Enact medicare reform."
8. Revise tax law to make it easier to donate to those without insurance."
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These "top 8" solutions, the WHOLE FOODS ALTERNATIVE gives this blogger the idea
he SHOULD and will NOW boycott Whole Foods. Who knows, Readers Digent is going into bankruptcy so, maybe with a little boycotting we can do that to WF (Whole Foods).
1. Insurance companies are certainly a problem, but he does not spell out these "legal obstacle". Actually, there are none, since insurance companies are so
poorly regulated in my experience, they get away with murder. We have around
50 million with no health care insurance because of the draconian rules of
"for profit" insurance companies.
2. Health insurance is just plain TOO EXPENSIVE and that's why most small business
owners don't / can't offer it to their employees. Tax breaks will have no substantial effect, and as a small business owner, I can tell you that.
3. Allow competition across state lines. LOL..are you talking about Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota compete with BC/BS of Texas? Get a grip Mackey, you don't know what the hell you are talking about.
4. Is just so much bovine feces it's not even worth wasting digital print over.
5. "Exact tort reform". Idiots like Mackey have NO idea of what they are talking about. The words "tort reform" is usually anti-patient legislation meant at capping
recovery on Med Mal cases. Number one, a large study showed that where these caps were instituted state by state, the costs of Med Mal coverage for doctors did NOT drop and in fact, in many cases, MED MAL premiums continued to rise.
BAD DOCTORS WHO HURT PATIENTS NOT ONLY NEED TO BE SUED, BUT SHOULD HAVE THEIR
LICENSE TAKEN AWAY TO MAKE WAY FOR GOOD DOCTORS!
6."Make costs transparent" - Your health insurance costs you a grand a month...
that doesn't need more transparency...you NEED a government single payer to deal with this kind of GREED!
7."Enact medicare reform." - Good Luck SLICK!
8."Revise tax law to make it easier to donate to those without insurance."-
This last one really shows how OUT OF TOUCH Mackey the Lackey is with the working man, and shows how really retarded the "trickle downers" are. The notion that the rich, who often got to be rich by ripping other people off, and having predatory business methods, suddenly get hearts of gold and start shelling out billions for those without insurance, smacks of the kind of retardation that George Bush had.
Rich people like money. Rich people are greedy. Rich people don't donate to enable FIFTY MILLION WITHOUT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE to suddenly have it. This isn't a five dollar handout proposition. The ONLY way to insure at free or affordable costs 1/6 of the population, is through government intervention and single payer, ala Canada, Great Britain, or even hybrid care like France.
1. "Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts."
2. "Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits."
3. Allow competition across state lines.
4. "Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover."
5. "Enact tort reform."
6. "Make costs transparent."
7. "Enact medicare reform."
8. Revise tax law to make it easier to donate to those without insurance."
-------------------snip-------------------
These "top 8" solutions, the WHOLE FOODS ALTERNATIVE gives this blogger the idea
he SHOULD and will NOW boycott Whole Foods. Who knows, Readers Digent is going into bankruptcy so, maybe with a little boycotting we can do that to WF (Whole Foods).
1. Insurance companies are certainly a problem, but he does not spell out these "legal obstacle". Actually, there are none, since insurance companies are so
poorly regulated in my experience, they get away with murder. We have around
50 million with no health care insurance because of the draconian rules of
"for profit" insurance companies.
2. Health insurance is just plain TOO EXPENSIVE and that's why most small business
owners don't / can't offer it to their employees. Tax breaks will have no substantial effect, and as a small business owner, I can tell you that.
3. Allow competition across state lines. LOL..are you talking about Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota compete with BC/BS of Texas? Get a grip Mackey, you don't know what the hell you are talking about.
4. Is just so much bovine feces it's not even worth wasting digital print over.
5. "Exact tort reform". Idiots like Mackey have NO idea of what they are talking about. The words "tort reform" is usually anti-patient legislation meant at capping
recovery on Med Mal cases. Number one, a large study showed that where these caps were instituted state by state, the costs of Med Mal coverage for doctors did NOT drop and in fact, in many cases, MED MAL premiums continued to rise.
BAD DOCTORS WHO HURT PATIENTS NOT ONLY NEED TO BE SUED, BUT SHOULD HAVE THEIR
LICENSE TAKEN AWAY TO MAKE WAY FOR GOOD DOCTORS!
6."Make costs transparent" - Your health insurance costs you a grand a month...
that doesn't need more transparency...you NEED a government single payer to deal with this kind of GREED!
7."Enact medicare reform." - Good Luck SLICK!
8."Revise tax law to make it easier to donate to those without insurance."-
This last one really shows how OUT OF TOUCH Mackey the Lackey is with the working man, and shows how really retarded the "trickle downers" are. The notion that the rich, who often got to be rich by ripping other people off, and having predatory business methods, suddenly get hearts of gold and start shelling out billions for those without insurance, smacks of the kind of retardation that George Bush had.
Rich people like money. Rich people are greedy. Rich people don't donate to enable FIFTY MILLION WITHOUT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE to suddenly have it. This isn't a five dollar handout proposition. The ONLY way to insure at free or affordable costs 1/6 of the population, is through government intervention and single payer, ala Canada, Great Britain, or even hybrid care like France.
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