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LAS14

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20. Thanks for the post. Our local whole hospital in Maine (summer place)...

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2020, 04:14 PM

Oct 2020

... is an osteopathic hospital. Fine, complete care. I went there with a stroke. They were smart enough to have me sent to Maine Medical in Portland. But I credit them for that decision. I don't understand this antipathy to osteopaths. They get MORE training than MDs.

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Luckily for me, an osteopath was willing to see me -- when the MD's wouldn't. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2020 OP

K & R. obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2020 #1

Thank you for posting this. I have tried to dispel the lack of understanding about DId here, tblue37 Oct 2020 #2

Those who deride osteopaths as 'not real doctors' Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #3

I saw some really stupid posts about D.O.s on here Yeehah Oct 2020 #4

I don't understand that anti-Osteopath way of thinking Siwsan Oct 2020 #5

Dr. Conley's problem isn't that he's an osteopath. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #6

Right. His problem is he's a full-on Trumper, apparently. And they exist in all fields. n/t pnwmom Oct 2020 #8

This! Stinky The Clown Oct 2020 #9

Exactly right. It is not the initials behind his name. 3catwoman3 Oct 2020 #12

One goofball DO doesn't and shouldn't make them all look bad. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #7

I have a DO who graduated from a top-tier Med school as my primary care obamanut2012 Oct 2020 #10

I know of no top-tier medical schools that offer a DO degree...or a choice between the two unitedwethrive Oct 2020 #17

There is no top-tier DO school comparable to any of the Big Brand powerhouses. However, dalton99a Oct 2020 #19

Thanks for this mcar Oct 2020 #11

A combination of ignorance and snobbery, it seems. n/t pnwmom Oct 2020 #13

Seems so. nt mcar Oct 2020 #15

They are the source of primary care for many Americans dalton99a Oct 2020 #14

Thank you for that info, pnwmom. I'm so glad for the good outcome... Hekate Oct 2020 #16

Aw, thank you, Hekate! pnwmom Oct 2020 #18

Thanks for the post. Our local whole hospital in Maine (summer place)... LAS14 Oct 2020 #20

I once saw their special training in action, with a different osteopath. pnwmom Oct 2020 #24

I had an osteopath who was my family doctor the entire time we lived in Ohio until he retired... Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #21

All of my myriad doctors are MDs, but ... Staph Oct 2020 #22

Right. Good osteopaths are like good primary care M.D.'s -- they both try to see the whole person, pnwmom Oct 2020 #25

My primary care for years was a DO, an excellent doctor Jersey Devil Oct 2020 #23