A man who is licensed to treat patients' ills is a doctor and is undeniably practicing medicine. But is he therefore a doctor of medicine and entitled to put the magical letters M.D. after his name? Yes, contends Richard Oliver, 43, a physician who practices in the little (pop. 6,000) Georgia town of Eastman. No, says the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, which licenses physicians to practice in Georgia.
Oliver is a doctor of osteopathy, a graduate of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is entitled to call himself a doctor...
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