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| Subject: OZschwitz: Protectionist racket AMA, fights to keep title 'doctor' to themselves Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:06 am | |
| DOCTORS are slugging it out with chiropractors and podiatrists over exclusive use of the titles ''doctor'' and ''surgeon'' in a dispute triggered by a national scheme meant to unify the caring professions.
The Australian Medical Association has demanded that chiropractors who - though not medically qualified - frequently call themselves doctor, refrain from doing so when they register on the new professional boards created under the national registration scheme starting in July.
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has similarly demanded that self-styled podiatric surgeons delete the word ''surgeon'' when they join the register.
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