Health & Healthcare
What is a D.O.?
A Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) just might be your family practitioner, cardiologist or even your obstetrician. Surprise! They are not all M.D.s.
The increasingly growing hand of biopsychosocial medicine is pulling back the curtain on various types of medical fields. An example is osteopathic medicine. If you’d like to see a physician for your illness, there are only two fully-licensed choices in America who are are authorized to do everything from prescribe medicine and deliver babies to serving as your family practitioner. One of them is a D.O. and the other is an M.D. Let’s chat about why osteopathic medicine seems to be stepping up to fill the biopsychosocial gap in American medicine today. We’d like to hear from those of you who have been treated by an ostepath or are otherwise familiar with the field.
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Anonymous
I found out that my family doctor wasn’t an M.D. when I asked her why she was so “touchy feely.” Had a backache and walked out without a prescription for the first time in 4 months of going from office to office.
D.O. Student
I am a first year medical school student and was accepted into both U.T. Southwestern (M.D.) and into Texas osteopathic school in Ft. Worth, TX. Having finished my first D.O. year now, I know that I made the right choice. This really fits my people oriented personality.
Don’t just sit there…D.O. something!
C. Singer
I am kind of confused here. If the two D.O. and M.D.s are so different, how come my doctor just told me about a D.O. (some military guy) being recently elected to the National Board of Medical Examiners, which I guess is the group that makes up the exams for M.D. students?
C. Singer
Roger
Why can’t I get my D.O. treatments paid for by my insurance company?
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True, I just found out last week after 2 years that my doc is a D.O.