Dr Cabot MD

Peter,

The University of Melbourne gives good account of what is required to hold
a degree as a "Doctor of Medicine.". Pretty good Uni you would have to
agree.

http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ExecServ/Statutes/r3036.htm

Likewise the University of Texas site also explains what is required to hold
a degree as a "Doctor of Medicine."

http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/publish/sms_catalog/degree.html

So we can compare that the same requirements are in place between Australia
and USA and indeed the UK, for Doctors to hold a degree called "Doctor of
Medicine."

The University of Bristol refers to the degree "Doctor of Medicine" as "MD"
and the requirement is Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery as is
the case here in Australia.

Now, just so the general audience does not get confused about who has the
right to call themselves an MD, please read the following site (Clause 8
will do nicely.)
from the University of Tasmania.

http://www.admin.utas.edu.au/HANDBOOKS/UTASHANDBOOKS/RULES/rhdmed.html

The use of the term MD is becoming more universal so I think that the point
you were trying to make was simply your way of denigrating Dr Cabot and of
course you eluded that she was not even registered and that no one cared
about this. Are you saying that she has been de-licensed or perhaps just not
registered in Australia at this time ?

Now if you do not fancy the Uni of Tassie, then lets look a little more
closer to home at the University of Queensland.

http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=7504

It does say Doctor of Medicine "MD", does it not.

I think you owe a whole lot of people an apology for the deceiving and near
libellous statements you have made about Dr Cabot MD. Certainly you have
tried to lead people to believe that you know it all with your BA which
simply stands for "Bloody Awful" person.

I think Dr Barrett is no longer registered either.

Cheers, Rod

"Peter Bowditch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"rb" <[email hidden]> wrote:

To save time and repetition, I have put a single reply at the end.

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> Yes my dear, PROSECUTED! One can't go around on Australian TV and

Radio

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>and selling millions of copies of her books etc while just openly

pretending

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>to be a medical Doctor without getting in very very serious trouble

with

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the

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>law. That my lady is a serious jail time offense.
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>How have you supposedly definitely found out that she is LYING about

being a

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>medical Doctor? Can you prove it?
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>RB
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One more time for the brain dead. SHE HAS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS>

NECESSARY TO PRACTISE MEDICINE IN AUSTRALIA.

What are those "qualifications" for Australia? Don't you have to have

some

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sort of training? Why don't you go ahead and clear up this little

mystery?

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Also too isn't it AGAINST THE LAW to "falsely" claim to be an MD by using
the initials MD behind one's name?

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Nobody is denying that.

Except maybe Hawki to whom I was addressing my comments and you and the
rest of the gang.

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What she doesn't have is the right to put the letters "MD" after her>

name. This is not a criminal offence unless she uses it to hold> herself

out

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to have that particular degree in order to make money. It> is simply a
breach of manners and a lie.

Why doesn't she have the right to put MD behind her name if she has

"ALL

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THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO PRACTISE MEDICINE IN AUSTRALIA" as you

said.

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Like I was saying, why hasn't she been arrested for doing just that

UNLESS

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she is an MD? It's not like she's using those initials in a secretive

manner

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in an obscure corner of Australia! The authorities must know whom she is

and

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have already investigated her credentials surely and must have found

nothing

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amiss. After all, I'm sure Peter Bowditch has already informed on her in

the

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fond hope that she really wasn't a qualified and licensed MD.

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As it happens, she doesn't seem to use "MD" in Australia. The web site>

which talks about her Australian seminars and other activities does> not
mention it (except in pictures of the covers of her books). Her US> site,
however, does use the false degree.

Now you mention it. Is it not against the law to do that in the US as

well

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if one is in truth not an MD!???

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I'll just say it again, so that it might sink in. The fact that ex-Dr
Cabot has had her registration to practise medicine in Australia
withdrawn means that she must have the necessary qualifications at>

some

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time.

Those that practise medicine in the US and Canada are called MD's. What

is

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the equivalent for Australia? If it is "MD" then you're saying she

withdrew

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her registration! - which registration I'm given to understand, licensed

her

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to legally practise medicine in Australia in the first place? - which

must

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have meant that once upon a time she was indeed a licensed MD for

Australia

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or the MD equivalent thereof? Question is....how could she have gotten
registered in the first place without the necessary degrees etc? Wouldn't
the authorities check up on this to make sure she did indeed have those
necessary qualifications from a recognised institute of higher learning?

Are

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you saying that she originally misrepresented her qualifications to the
authorities that licensed her to practise medicine in the first place?

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ex-Dr Cabot has had her registration to practise medicine in
Australia withdrawn <which> means that she must have
<had> the necessary qualifications at some time.

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SHE HAS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY > TO PRACTISE MEDICINE IN

AUSTRALIA

By your 1st statement here, do you mean to say that in Australia it is
necessary to have necessary qualifications in order to legally practise
medicine and do you or do you not have to be a qualified and licensed MD

to

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practise medicine in Australia??? Do you mind clearing up the confusion
inherent between your first and second statements? Considering your 2nd
statement, how do you reconcile it with calling Dr. Cabot the ex-Dr.

Cabot?

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Why ex?

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But I can guarantee that if she got her licence back and
applied for visiting rights at a hospital, she would be a fool to
mention "MD" anywhere.

Doesn't she have "ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO PRACTISE MEDICINE

IN

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AUSTRALIA" as you said???

Perhaps Peter you will be good enough to clear up why you feel this

way?

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Do you think and are you saying that all those years ago she DIDN'T have

the

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necessary qualifications to acquire the right to use the initials MD

behind

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her name?

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As an afterthought, it has occurred to me that anyone who has ever>

earned

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any university degree would be aware of the conventions and> etiquette
associated with what people put after their names. As> r(ectal) b(olus)

and

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Jan have never had the ACTUAL EXPERIENCE, they> probably will never
understand the problem.

The only thing I'm having trouble with is understanding you.

It is not my fault that you are as stupid as a rock.

Doctors in Australia do not call themselves "MD". The abbreviation
does not mean "medical doctor" (even in the USA), but refers to a
university degree called "Doctor of Medicine". Only people holding
such a degree are entitled to put the letters after their names. Ex-Dr
Cabot is perfectly entitled to call herself "Sandra Cabot MB,BS". It
is doubtful whether she should call herself "Doctor" as this is a
courtesy title and she is no longer registered, but nobody really
cares about this.

If you had ever been to a university, you would know that degrees have
names and official abbreviations. A Bachelor of Medicine from most
Australian and UK universities is not called "BM" but is "MB". A
Bachelor of Surgery is called "BS" in Australia but "BChir" or some
variant in the UK. A "BS" from an American university is a Bachelor of
Science, but that is called "BSc" in Australia. I did essentially
science courses at university but I have to put "BA" after my name
because a quirk of my university's rules meant that I was granted a
Bachelor of Arts.

Simple, isn't it?

--
Peter Bowditch

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