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Subject:
Proper use of title Doctor (DR.)
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference Asked by: siguy-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
21 Nov 2005 18:10 PST
Expires: 21 Dec 2005 18:10 PST Question ID: 596026 |
I would like to know the proper way to use the title Doctor (DR.) Is this reserved for Medical Doctors or persons with a PHD also? |
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Re: Proper use of title Doctor (DR.)
Answered By: denco-ga on 21 Nov 2005 18:53 PST |
Howdy siguy-ga, The Chicago Manual of Style addresses your question from an editorial stance in their "Proper Names" Question and Answers (Q&A) section. "Q. If someone has a PhD and is a professor at a university, what would be his or her title? Doctor or Professor?" http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.ProperNames.html "'Doctor' is usually reserved for medical doctors, although some professor use it, and PhD?s who don?t have tenure-track appointments (and who therefore don?t hold the title of professor) often like to use 'Doctor' instead." The University of Texas at Austin website has a "Writer's Style Guide" that shows the "rights" and "wrongs" of the use of "Dr." for someone that has their doctorate. "Do not precede a name with a title of an academic degree and follow it with the abbreviation for that degree. Right: Larry R. Faulkner, Ph.D. ... Right: Dr. Larry R. Faulkner ... Wrong: Dr. Larry R. Faulkner, Ph.D ..." So, yes, one can use the title of Doctor (Dr.) for someone that has a Ph.D (Philosophiae Doctor or Doctor of Philosophy). The title is not reserved for a medical doctor. If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask. Search strategy: Google search on: proper use OR usage "Dr." "Ph.D" ://www.google.com/search?q=proper+use+OR+usage+%22dr.%22+%22Ph.D%22 Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher |
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Re: Proper use of title Doctor (DR.)
From: geof-ga on 21 Nov 2005 20:42 PST |
In UK universities, where professorships are far less common than in the US academic world, the title "Dr" for people with a PhD is very common. I used to work in a UK government department which, amongst other things, collected trade union membership statistics, including a breakdown into male & female, often this being deduced simply from the titles members gave themselves (ie Mr, Mrs or Miss). However, the one union this couldn't be done for was the Association of University Teachers, because so many members titled themselves Dr, and you couldn't tell what their gender was. |
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Re: Proper use of title Doctor (DR.)
From: myoarin-ga on 22 Nov 2005 09:53 PST |
Siguy-ga, It depends on where you are (country) and whether you are addressing the person in writing or orally, or whether you are writing about them. I believe that Denco's answer is 100% correct for written usage in America. If you are interested in other possible aspects of the question, please let us know. Myoarin |
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