A origem do termo doutor encontra-se na palavra latina doctor, que significa mestre ou professor, pertencente à família do verbo docere, cuja tradução é ensinar. Um doutor, considerando-se do ponto de vista estritamente etimológico da palavra, é aquele que ensina. Segundo os nossos atuais dicionários Aurélio, Houaiss e Michaelis, doutor, em suma, significa: aquele que cursou o doutorado; uma pessoa considerada muito culta, importante; todo o indivíduo formado em curso superior.
Segundo o Conselho Regional de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional - CREFITO, o fisioterapeuta deve usar e apresentar-se como Doutor na sua atuação profissional com respaldo legal para tal, considerando o princípio da isonomia, da tradição cultural de nosso país e da sua fundamentação científica profissional. Alguns fisioterapeutas brasileiros usam a abreviação Ft. (fisioterapeuta) transcrita dos fisioterapeutas portugueses e originada do molde PT (physiotherapeutic) dos norte-americanos ao invés de usar o título Dr. A abreviatura FT. não é oficial no Brasil, e portanto não é reconhecida pelos CREFITO's e COFFITO.
O PRESIENTE DO CONSELHO REGIONAL DE FISIOTERAPIA E TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL DA 5ª REGIÃO – CREFITO-5;
No uso de suas atribuições e competência prevista no inciso II, do art. 44, da Resolução COFFITO-6, tendo em vista o deliberado na Reunião de Diretoria, realizada em 23/10/2000, em consonância com a luta até então desenvolvida pelo Egrégio Conselho Federal de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional – COFFITO, e considerando:
1- A não existência do direito positivo brasileiro, consubstanciado na Lei n. 5.540 de 28.01.68, e no Decreto Lei n. 465 de 10.02.65, de preceitos legais disciplinando a concessão do título de Doutor;
3- Que o título de Doutor tem por fundamento praxe jurídica do direito consuetudinário, sendo de uso tradicionalmente aceito entre os profissionais de nível superior;
4- Que a praxe jurídica fundamentada nos costumes e tradições brasileiras, tão bem definidas nos dicionários pátrios, assegura a todos diplomados em curso de nível superior, o legítimo direito do uso do título de Doutor;
5- Que a não utilização do título de Doutor leva a sociedade e mais especificamente a clientela do profissional da área a que se destina assistência fisioterapêutica, pressupor uma inadmissível e inconcebível subalternidade, em se tratando de profissional de nível superior;
6- Que deve ser mantida isonomia entre os componentes da Equipe de Saúde e que o título de Doutor é um complemento, um “plus” na afirmação de um legítimo direito conquistado ao nível de aprofundamento em uma prática terapêutica com fundamentação científica;
7- A inexistência, na língua portuguesa e na legislação própria das expressões FT e TO, o que por lógico torna inadmissível a utilização de tais abreviaturas como identificação do profissional da Fisioterapia e da Terapia Ocupacional, respectivamente;
8- Que expressões outras que não Fisioterapia, dificultam e não identificam de forma clara e objetiva o profissional da Fisioterapia;
DECIDE: Recomendar aos Fisioterapeutas que na sua atuação profissional usem o título de Doutor, por se tratar de um direito legítimo e incontestável. Outrossim, decide ainda, não reconhecer as abreviações FT como identificadora do profissional da Fisioterapia.
Sala de sessões, 23 de outubro de 2000.
RERERÊNCIAS
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Can Physiotherapists be called Doctors? - Reply by a lawyer turned doctor
por Facts Physiotherapy, quarta, 15 de junho de 2011 às 16:47
Re: [Quality_of_Medical_Education] Fw: Can Physiotherapist be called Doctors?
Dear Dr. Jayaram,
My views are as follows:
Nursing home owners, in their ignorance, are treating physiotherapists as doctors. What is the solution?
QUESTION—Physiotherapists in our state are using the prefix “Dr”. Doctors owning private nursing homes, in their ignorance, are employing them and are also exhibiting their names as doctors on the hospital stationery and display board etc. The Hospital management is having vicarious liability for the mistakes committed by these self- styled, un- registered Doctors. What is the solution?
ANSWER—
1—I refuse to believe that nursing home owners are showing physiotherapists as doctors out of their ignorance. Most likely they are doing so on purpose so as to fool the public into paying high charges for consultation and treatment by “doctors” and sharing the spoils with the latter. These nursing home owners are fully liable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, for unfair trade practice.
2—Holding out as a physician without having a medical qualification is a crime. There can be no vicarious liability for crime. Nursing home owners cannot be liable for crimes done by employees / quacks. However, both the nursing home owner and the physiotherapists can be considered as colluding together to commit a crime against public.
3—The solution is that doctors should know the facts and essentials of law as it concerns them and should not enter into partnership with quacks.
---M C Gupta
MBBS & MD (Medicine), AIIMS; MPH (San Carlos Univ.)
LL.B. (Delhi); LL.M. (Kurukshetra)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (United Nations Univ.)
Fellow: National Foundation of Clinical Forensic Medicine
Member, Indian Law Institute
Member, Supreme Court Bar Association
Awardee: National Citizen Award, 1991
Awardee: Annual Oration Award 2011, Indian Association of Medico-legal Experts
Ex-Additional Professor, AIIMS
Ex-Professor and Dean, NIHFW
Practicing advocate, (Delhi Bar Council no. 857/2001)
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Quality_of_Medical_Education/message/3252
THE ORIGINAL LETTER :
Subject: Can Physiotherapist be called Doctors?
Dear Dr Mahesh & Dr.Kishore,
Most of the physiotherapists & Occupational Therapists In Kerala as well as other States are using the prefix Dr.and claim that they are doctors as they have studied some Anatomy,Physiology,Neurology ,Surgery,Neuro surgery gynecology etc and they say that their association,IAP(Indian Association of Physiotherapists)has directed them to do so.The association has issued certificate like,
This is to certify that Dr................................Physiotherapist,is eligible to practice Physiotherapy anywhere in India.
The physiotherapists all over India wanted to be registered in Medical council of India (MCI) but MCI did not agree.MCI was also against Physiotherapist using prefix Dr.Still many of them are using the prefix Dr. They were included under RCI(Rehabilitation Council of India) but somehow they managed to come out.In the State of Maharashtra they were able to form Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Council in 2002.
Now the State of Gujarat is also enacting legislation to form PT&OT council.As per the rules they will be able to examine patients ,treat them independently issue Medical Certificates and give evidence in the court of law.
Probably in future Medical Doctors may not be able to start or run Physiotherapy clinics in their Hospitals.We have to be cautious since we have burned our hands in the case of Hospital Pharmacy.
The Physiotherapists are claiming that theirs is a separate system of medicine, like Ayurveda and Homeopathy and now they are lobbying the Parliament committee headed by Amar sing to amend the MCI Act.to get it done.Once they succeed in their en devour our MBBS Graduates after five year course,House surgeoncy,& Compulsory rural service will be Sada (ordinary) Doctors and these backdoor Doctors Will be Specialists and Super Specialists,within a study period of 4 or 6 years.
In our State ,these people are not registered with RCI or any legally valid council and they are using the prefix Dr. and many of our Doctors running hospital ignorant of these facts are employing these people and are exhibiting their names in their O.P.Tickets,and display boards with prefix DR.The Hospital management is having vicarious liability for the mistakes committed by these self styled un registered Doctors.
The IAPMR (Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ) and IMA are strongly protesting against the production of shortcut doctors through backdoor and sending them to our community of Doctors of Modern Medicine.I hope QPMPA India also take active role in this fight.
I am writing this letter with a special intention.Today I happened to see a brochure of Indian Association of Physiotherapist,probably sponsored by Medical Trust Hospital / Medical Trust Physiotherapy College, in which Physiotherapists are given prefix Dr.
I would like QPMPA to correct this by informing Medical Trust Hospital and other Hospital Managements about the facts.I will send you some papers which are self explanatory.Kindly forward this to Drs.O.Baby,Chazhikkad,Sabhapathi,Surendran,Koya,and other leaders .
With regards :
Dr.M.C.Jayaram,
President IAPMR Kerala Chapter & Former President QPMPA.Kannur.
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Quality_of_Medical_Education/message/3230
Let the PATIENTS address us as DOCTORS and let us address ourselves as PHYSIOTHERAPISTS. PT is our proud identity
Dear Dr. Jayaram,
My views are as follows:
Nursing home owners, in their ignorance, are treating physiotherapists as doctors. What is the solution?
QUESTION—Physiotherapists in our state are using the prefix “Dr”. Doctors owning private nursing homes, in their ignorance, are employing them and are also exhibiting their names as doctors on the hospital stationery and display board etc. The Hospital management is having vicarious liability for the mistakes committed by these self- styled, un- registered Doctors. What is the solution?
ANSWER—
1—I refuse to believe that nursing home owners are showing physiotherapists as doctors out of their ignorance. Most likely they are doing so on purpose so as to fool the public into paying high charges for consultation and treatment by “doctors” and sharing the spoils with the latter. These nursing home owners are fully liable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, for unfair trade practice.
2—Holding out as a physician without having a medical qualification is a crime. There can be no vicarious liability for crime. Nursing home owners cannot be liable for crimes done by employees / quacks. However, both the nursing home owner and the physiotherapists can be considered as colluding together to commit a crime against public.
3—The solution is that doctors should know the facts and essentials of law as it concerns them and should not enter into partnership with quacks.
---M C Gupta
MBBS & MD (Medicine), AIIMS; MPH (San Carlos Univ.)
LL.B. (Delhi); LL.M. (Kurukshetra)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (United Nations Univ.)
Fellow: National Foundation of Clinical Forensic Medicine
Member, Indian Law Institute
Member, Supreme Court Bar Association
Awardee: National Citizen Award, 1991
Awardee: Annual Oration Award 2011, Indian Association of Medico-legal Experts
Ex-Additional Professor, AIIMS
Ex-Professor and Dean, NIHFW
Practicing advocate, (Delhi Bar Council no. 857/2001)
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Quality_of_Medical_Education/message/3252
THE ORIGINAL LETTER :
Subject: Can Physiotherapist be called Doctors?
Dear Dr Mahesh & Dr.Kishore,
Most of the physiotherapists & Occupational Therapists In Kerala as well as other States are using the prefix Dr.and claim that they are doctors as they have studied some Anatomy,Physiology,Neurology ,Surgery,Neuro surgery gynecology etc and they say that their association,IAP(Indian Association of Physiotherapists)has directed them to do so.The association has issued certificate like,
This is to certify that Dr................................Physiotherapist,is eligible to practice Physiotherapy anywhere in India.
The physiotherapists all over India wanted to be registered in Medical council of India (MCI) but MCI did not agree.MCI was also against Physiotherapist using prefix Dr.Still many of them are using the prefix Dr. They were included under RCI(Rehabilitation Council of India) but somehow they managed to come out.In the State of Maharashtra they were able to form Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Council in 2002.
Now the State of Gujarat is also enacting legislation to form PT&OT council.As per the rules they will be able to examine patients ,treat them independently issue Medical Certificates and give evidence in the court of law.
Probably in future Medical Doctors may not be able to start or run Physiotherapy clinics in their Hospitals.We have to be cautious since we have burned our hands in the case of Hospital Pharmacy.
The Physiotherapists are claiming that theirs is a separate system of medicine, like Ayurveda and Homeopathy and now they are lobbying the Parliament committee headed by Amar sing to amend the MCI Act.to get it done.Once they succeed in their en devour our MBBS Graduates after five year course,House surgeoncy,& Compulsory rural service will be Sada (ordinary) Doctors and these backdoor Doctors Will be Specialists and Super Specialists,within a study period of 4 or 6 years.
In our State ,these people are not registered with RCI or any legally valid council and they are using the prefix Dr. and many of our Doctors running hospital ignorant of these facts are employing these people and are exhibiting their names in their O.P.Tickets,and display boards with prefix DR.The Hospital management is having vicarious liability for the mistakes committed by these self styled un registered Doctors.
The IAPMR (Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ) and IMA are strongly protesting against the production of shortcut doctors through backdoor and sending them to our community of Doctors of Modern Medicine.I hope QPMPA India also take active role in this fight.
I am writing this letter with a special intention.Today I happened to see a brochure of Indian Association of Physiotherapist,probably sponsored by Medical Trust Hospital / Medical Trust Physiotherapy College, in which Physiotherapists are given prefix Dr.
I would like QPMPA to correct this by informing Medical Trust Hospital and other Hospital Managements about the facts.I will send you some papers which are self explanatory.Kindly forward this to Drs.O.Baby,Chazhikkad,Sabhapathi,Surendran,Koya,and other leaders .
With regards :
Dr.M.C.Jayaram,
President IAPMR Kerala Chapter & Former President QPMPA.Kannur.
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Quality_of_Medical_Education/message/3230
Let the PATIENTS address us as DOCTORS and let us address ourselves as PHYSIOTHERAPISTS. PT is our proud identity
IAP Public notice last year (2010) on the Dr. tag - A notice which does not carry any legal value
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Physio Anwar IF WE PHYSIO WANT TO USE DR. WHY WE ARE NOT TALK WITH WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OR STATE HEALTH OR MEDICAL ORGANIZATION.IF WE CAN MAKE IT THEN WE WILL BE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NOT WANT IT AND WHERE IS OUR LACK.AFTER THAT WE WILL BE EXPRESS OUR LOGIC.
16 de junho às 14:41 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
Ilan Chezhiyan @priya patil,Whom ever goes through a proper curriculum of education then diagnose and treat any ailment of a person or living thing(veterinary doctors) can be called as doctors. when an M.B.B.S can be called as doctors only because they treat an ailment then physios can also be called as doctors.
16 de junho às 14:47 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
Dr-Trilok Raval
16 de junho às 14:49 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
how funny.
doing strike do u thnk it wil work.
why u want to make an insert of d olden days leaders who can do many thngs wid strikes.
nd i dnt knw one thnk i seen many of our physio frnds themself dnt want to consider as a doctor.
are yar.......grown up...
i knw u ppl r at gud level so ppl cm to u even u wrght DR. or PT. or evn nothng.
bt jst thnk abt new comers in dis proffesion.Ver mais-
Ilan Chezhiyan @priya patil MBBS,BHMS,BSMS,BDS,BAMS,BPT all we are diagnosing and treating some kind of ailments,But only the MODE treatment varies(Either it can be herbal,chemical or physical agents) Each and every type of treatment has it's own limitations.
16 de junho às 14:52 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... -
Ilan Chezhiyan @priya patil, are you saying that MBBS is the only super power and all other mode of treatments are in efeective?
16 de junho às 14:56 · -
Ilan Chezhiyan somebody said MBBS just treat and we rehabilitate so we dont want to be prefix as "Dr". For their kind notice REHABILITATION ALSO KIND OF TREATMENT and REHABILITATION IS THE REAL TREATMENT!!!!
16 de junho às 15:02 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... 
Ganesan Kumar i would like to see any of the doc to put a case or objection to the physio with the indian cricket team saying he should not treat with out a consent from a doc (yes few things are done as per need which the physiotherapy family knows)
16 de junho às 15:04 · · 2 pessoasCarregando...-
Ilan Chezhiyan @priya aptil, When you see deep in to this .............................................An BSMS(siddha) BAMS(ayurveda) persons treats with herbs hence he called as doctor, As M.B.B.S treats with CHEMICAL AGENTS he also called doctor then When We PHYSIO'S treat with PHYSICAL AGENTS why we should not be called as doctor?
16 de junho às 15:06 · · 2 pessoasCarregando... -
Ilan Chezhiyan For a common man,any person who is qualified with proper curriculum and cures him with scientific back ground is an doctor. If you prefix as 'PT' he will not identify / recognize you... Instead of prefix 'PT' we can use the COMMON prefix 'Dr' and suffix 'PT" so he can easily identify you
16 de junho às 15:13 · · 2 pessoasCarregando... 
Sudeep Kale @ilan : TN council is formed by G.O. no 338, plz click d link : http://iapchennai.org/annexure.php http://iapchennai.org/amen dment.php
16 de junho às 15:14 ·-
Ilan Chezhiyan If we prefix 'PT" a common person cannot identify us,so it's better to prefix 'Dr' for identity and suffix ' PT' to prevent confusions
16 de junho às 15:16 · -
Ilan Chezhiyan @sudeep khale,Yes you are right,it's not yet started functioning,till now i couldn't find out the reason for that...
16 de junho às 15:24 · 
Prabhu Rajan Hi my frnz, its nt matter of using useless word Dr. we physios have the real stuff to prove in front of anybody, if we do our best,our patients will do the rest... PROUD TO BE PHYSIO TILL LAST EXHALATION..
16 de junho às 15:53 · · 2 pessoasCarregando...
Alan Vakkachan Perumprayil the IAPMR guys havin IGO about our proffession.........thos ppl dont knw even hw is doin ultrasound therapy toooooo.....so hw can thy regulate us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16 de junho às 23:46 ·
Upendra Goswami the note says that physios are able to charge more by prefixing Dr. before their name. can the writer of the note justify, why physicians and surgeons should entitled to charge more in a private run hospital?
sexta às 01:07 · · 2 pessoasCarregando...-
Upendra Goswami I know MD in PMR doing home visits with ultrasonic therapy machines and charging a paltry 50 rupees from the patients. The so called specialist do not even deserve that. the whole issue of the use of Dr.prefix originates due to these qualified quacks (read PMR) who are not able to fend for themselves.
sexta às 01:12 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... 
Radhakrishnan Laxmipathy
sexta às 01:40 · · 4 pessoasCarregando...
first of all physios should feel proud to be a physiotherapist,they must prefix Dr and suffix PT to their name.they should practice gunine physiotherapy ie without precribing drugs etc.physios can do miracles on Hands on tech ie manipulatio...n,trigger release,myo fascial release,exs,etc.If all physios practice with lot of confidence and knowledge automatically populaion will call us Dr that is what happening now........................ Ver mais
Rupesh Ranjan why MCI tries to regulate every thing , where is the health professional council , in India why the govt has given right to these people to say any thing for any profession , without having a proper knowledge of that, they act as if they r mafia ....
sexta às 02:37 · · 2 pessoasCarregando...
Kamaraj Physiotherapy physiotherapist are not member in MCI but sweeper also member in MCI .SO NO rule MCI speak about physios.physios are alone in SOCIETY..hello advocate please define 41/2 yrs B.P.T.NO security,no pay scale,no respect,no govt job etc.BUT 4 Yr enginer,4 yr(1 yr internship)bds,3 yr advocate,4 yr sidda are got everything in society.so form INDEPENDENT council first.we want respect in society this is our thirst.
sexta às 09:11 · · 2 pessoasCarregando...-
Kamaraj Physiotherapy physiotherapy is one of the competition field for allopathy practitioners
sexta às 11:23 · · 2 pessoasCarregando... 
Farzan Mohamed Please type"Dr" in google search OR follow below link
http://www.google.lk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0C B8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fe n.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FD R&rct=j&q=dr&ei=i2P7TZL6Ms OxrAfK_YTgDw&usg=AFQjCNFG7 5BzQPNbv902grabPB3bP5uTRw& cad=rja
sexta às 11:35 · · 4 pessoasCarregando...-
Ilan Chezhiyan @Farzan,Great job,u have given a worthy information,thank you!!!
sexta às 14:15 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... 
Salih Vk
sexta às 14:37 ·
it shows these people are helpless in this matter..and there is no strong legal points against keeping Dr by physios unless prescribed by drugs..also including us in RCi was a purposefull move by physiatrist..which we survived anyway...we s...hould be aware of our srength first..also strengthen IAP instead of blaming them and keeping off from them....from their letter it is understood that the matter of keeping Dr by us was augmented by IAP decision....also we should start becoming concentrate on therapeutics rather than rehabilitation by practising manual medicine and clinical reasoiningVer mais
Facts Physiotherapy This dr.MC Gupta was born in 1942 (Pre independence). The older generation of Doctors and also our Physiotherapists are the people who had spoiled n degraded PT profession.Youngsters need to make a better future!
sexta às 14:47 · · 3 pessoasCarregando...-
Salih Vk i do agree..slowly physios should wean off from doctor referrals that is the next step by practising manual medicine and clinical reasoning
sexta às 15:08 · · 5 pessoasCarregando... -
Upendra Goswami health is not the feifdom of the practitioners of modern medicine. this should be very clear. patients can be be cured by alternate methods. in fact physiotherapy is first line of management, and continues to have role in all specializations, so modern medicine practitioners cannot overlook it. hence they are trying to get control over physiotherapy.
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Upendra Goswami it is a shame that PMR, even after polio is eradicated from the map of world, like to claim that they specialize in surgery of polio patients. it is the most laughable thing.
sábado às 00:47 · -
Upendra Goswami
sábado às 00:54 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
the physiotherapy practices physiotherapy, occupational therapist pratices occupational therapy, a POE fabricate prosthesis and orthosis. it is only a PMR who is a parasite who has got no work, and they are constantly hijacking the work of ...other professionals and showing it as their own. there is no meaning of such super-specialization has no meaning, it this specialization should be abolished, as they not wanted professionals.Ver mais 
Lakshman Kumar Maddipatla "physio's adding quality to life" but not the indian doc they are looting the patients by prescribing unnecessary diagnostic procedures and drugs we should enact the law like in U.S and like other develoeped countries to bring these idiots to justice there are many examples i will post next time with proof how they wrongly diagnosed the diseased and treated for cancer instead of treating for t.b.
sábado às 07:24 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...-
Lakshman Kumar Maddipatla
sábado às 07:30 ·
we should break down the monopoly of medical practicionars who spoiled and are disgrace to medical profession in india what is their greatnes they are good for nothing neither did nt invented anything and not done anything to lift the medic...ine in india just they read and pass and cries on other fields like somebody keeping doc as prefix and other bullshit its better do mind their own buisinees rather than interfeing in other subjectsVer mais -
Lakshman Kumar Maddipatla
sábado às 07:39 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
incase if proper law is enacted nearly all the doc in india will be attending courts for their mistakes first clean their holes properly and talk about other profeesion and what they think they can do every work in the medicine by their own..., like lab work nursing work o.t work and rehabilitation job, the patient completely recovers only when all these people co ordinates and not only by just passed m.b.b.s doc's alone ,the most rejected indian degree in the world not recognized by any other country. thk u for physio's who given me chance to express my words and long live good things.Ver mais 
Khajanchi Aanal
sábado às 22:50 · · 2 pessoasCarregando...
one thing is for sure in future physiotherapy will be the only cure for certain ailments as it not only cures the problem but also the whole system,cerebral palsy cant be cured by any physician except physiotherapy,ask this docs can they? w...ithout medicine ?no .What they knw to prescribe is all H drug which directly harms the body even for simple cold. people are nt mad that they are turning to ayurveda,homeopathic , physiotherapy.Can this docs prevent us from side effects of the drugs.ask them?Ver mais-
Khajanchi Aanal I strongly believe as i am practising from a year with cerebral palsy kid that there is not option to physiotherapy for them,We need to be valued
sábado às 22:51 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... -
Khajanchi Aanal Its my open challenge to this docs to cure this life long condition with their medicine only without physiotherapy and make a child walk
sábado às 22:53 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... 
Dhiraj Kaveri
Ontem às 01:08 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
I agree to most of the comments and also support others concerns as a physio...But why is this fight for prefixing Dr....Why do we need it to prove to the physicians that we are at par with them(dont hurt their ego take them into confidence...)...I guess we should be proud to be called ourselves as physios...This need for Dr. prefix signifies that we physios are considering that the patients in india are not aware about any other pathy or any other professionsional (only prefixing Dr. will not help us in the identification )...Instead of making the public and patients (who are our real beneficiary not the physician) aware about our qualification and work we are rather creating confusion by arguing that even we are doctors...Also we physios always talk about International Standards of Practice...Which physios in other parts of the developed world use Dr.? correct me if i am wrong...I guess the physios out there have never bothered about this Dr. thing and rather focussed on developing the profession by giving results to the end user i.e our patients and finally got their due...Also accept the fact that all the pathies in this country and anywhere else in this world treat all the ailments...physiotherapy is not the be all and end of all ailments (honestly not intended to discourage my physios friends but to make my point)...Of all the treatment available we should prove to convince everyone (by evidence of course) that the best available treatment of choice for a particular ailment (read here-Particular and not Every ailment) is Physiotherapy and that i feel is the real CHALLENGE for us...Rest all is POLITICS (its in the air nowadays)...We are indeed a Noble Profession...Ver mais
Amit Dhoke Physio therapists should be called Physios and Not Doctors ..Thats all......
Ontem às 01:32 ·-
Lakshman Kumar Maddipatla m.b.b.s people should be called as medical practionars and not as doctors it is illegal
Ontem às 02:13 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... -
Khajanchi Aanal Dear friend Mr. Amit be practical coz u yourself knw the limitation of medicine and pharma h drugs.just answer my question that whether so called doctors can treat Cerebral palsy >only physio can. mbbs are also medical professional .leave the ego and think
Ontem às 02:16 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... 
Carlos Marcelo Cruz Silva That's it! The physiotherapist have the same problem, here in Brasil, but togethe we can change these concepts. OXOX from br
Ontem às 09:57 ·-
Carlos Marcelo Cruz Silva In our country is legal, but we fighted for this.
Ontem às 10:00 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... 
Gaja Lakshmi
Ontem às 10:05 · · 1 pessoaCarregando...
it is most important that physios role plays an essential after an post-operative or pre-operative surgery undergone by a patient,were thier improvement and recovery is based on the physiotherapy.well known by the doctors after surgery thie...r role is over but after that physiotherapist takes part in the process of long term rehabilitation,,,here we are identified as doctos obviously to the patient.but well we are considered as physiotherapist and our recognition reveals it.its not necessary that we need dr as prefixx...and hopefully physians and surgeons depend upon physiotherapist for the faster recovery and discharge a patient.and its a great challenge for doctors to do so.....without us.Ver mais-
Farzan Mohamed Only adding "PT" as sufix to our name without adding prefix "Dr" is like a PT master in school is addresing his name (Physical Trainer)
So we need the profix "Dr" to identification (cz we are doing physical medicine)
Ontem às 10:39 · · 2 pessoasCarregando... -
Ilan Chezhiyan well said farzan,if M.B.B.S people are ready to be called only as physician, surgeon and if they stop do prefix as "DR" then we can also be called as physio and we can stop prefix "DR". Every one should realise that "DR" is a common prefix anyone who mastered in a field can prefix it......it is not only reserved for M.B.B.S peoples.
Ontem às 13:43 · · 1 pessoaCarregando... -
Carlos Marcelo Cruz Silva
há 21 horas ·
I live in a christian country, about Jesus, we can say that He was prohibited to cure in saturday, it was the law. Think about it. Dr or Pt, we cure our pacients, our job is save and change for better the life of then. I wish with all my he...art, that lawers find real important things to do, discovering then mission: promote justice. There's so much to do about the troubles in the criminal area. Our council's rules are so dangerous to then? Lawers touch books and our touch is in lifes, this the difference. OXOX from brazilian doctorsVer mais
O TERMO DOUTOR NA MINHA OPINIÃO TINHA QUE ACABAR, TODOS QUE MUITAS VEZES CURSARAM FACULDADES DE QUINTA CATEGORIA, QUEREM SER CHAMADOS DE DOUTOR, EU PARTICULARMENTE QUANDO ME EXIGEM QUE TRATE COMO DOUTOR PERGUNTO QUE TESE DEFENDEU E AONDE FEZ DOUTORADO 99% SAEM CORRENDO!!!!!!
PURA BOBAGEM,
ESSES TERMOS QUE O CREFITO "EXIGE" É UMA MANEIRA DE QUERER SE IGUALAR AOS MÉDICOS DE UMA FORMA OU OUTRA E A PIOR,MANTER A DISTÂNCIA ENTRE PROFISIONAL E PACIENTE OU SEJA O PACIENTE UM SER NORMAL O "dr" semi deus
O BRASIL MUDOU ESSES ABISMOS ESTÃO DIMINUNDO A CADA ANO PORTANTO SALTO BAIXO E HUMILDADE A TODOS.
OUTRA COISA NO BRASIL BASTA TER GRANA QUE AUTOMATICAMENTE COMEÇAM A TE CHAMAR DE DR.
ABCS A TODOS
FABIO CEZAR - JORNALISTA
Agradecemos o comentário.
Cabe ao MEC fiscalizar as instituições de ensino superior e certifica-las. Sem dúvida existem faculdades de Fisioterapia não tão boas quanto gostaríamos, assim como existem faculdades de jornalismo de quinta categoria, como você comentou. O Crefito recomendam e não "exige" o uso do Dr. Entendemos que existe um abismo entre a carreira profissional clínica e a carreira acadêmica, quanto a esta recomendação do Dr. em questão. Sendo que o Dr. que o conselho refere-se é apenas para o uso na prática clínica do fisioterapeuta, facilitando a relação terapeuta-paciente. Não o uso de Dr. para o meio acadêmico. Qual a tese que o Dr. Lula defendeu e aonde fez doutorado(Dr. Lula, título concedido pela UFBA de Dr. honoris causa)???
Atenciosamente TDM
Agradecemos o comentário.
Muitos fisioterapeutas mestres, doutores e especialistas (como eu) NUNCA exigiram ser chamados de Drs. Vamos colocar um ponto final nessa dialética de que fisioterapeuta EXIGE ser chamado de Dr. Isso não é verdade. O artigo trata da questão legal de quem pode ou não usar o Dr. no âmbito profissional segundo um órgão legislador da Fisioterapia (resolução nº007/2000) e tem respaldo legal para tal. O fato é que o fisioterapeuta pode ser chamado e apresentar-se como Dr. incontestavelmente e não precisa exigir nada, exceto o que lhe é de direito. Não vamos discutir a biografia do Sr. Dr. Lula, certo? Porém o Lula prova e comprova que nem todo Doutor precisa fazer doutorado, apresentar uma tese e ainda defende-lá.
Atenciosamente TDM
Sou Fisioterapeuta e sua resposta ao caro amigo acima foi simplesmente fantástica.
Existem coisas de fato que não se discutem.
Obrigada por nos representar tão bem.
Abraços,
Carillo
O blog Terapia do Movimento e mais de 115 mil fisioterapeutas brasileiros concordam com você. Nós da TDM somos gratos pelas palavras de apoio e humildemente nos dedicamos a oferecer o melhor aqueles que confiam em nós. Sem questão do Dr., mais nunca abrimos mão do respeito e honra devido a fisioterapia.
Atenciosamente TDM : )
Se assim fosse, publicitários, economistas, historiadores e outras profissões também deveriam ter o título de doutores.
A lei a que se refere o Crefito é obviamente corporativa e, me desculpem, ridícula. Querem ser doutores? Façam doutorado ou faculdade de medicina se não conseguem passar para uma boa universidade e ainda assim se vestem de branco e colocam o Dr. bordadinho no jaleco é porque não são tão seguros do que fazem.
A medicina deveria ser tratada com mais respeito, daqui a pouco até manicure será chamada de doutora pois já usam jalequinho branco
Existem vários fisioterapeutas fazendo RPG, Hidroterapia e Fisioterapia em academias de Ginástica sem a supervisão do CREFITO7 - um absurdo. Fisioterapeutas são doutores e atendem em academias de ginástica? Não acho ético. Fisioterapeutas deveriam atender em clínicas de reabilitação ou similares. O CONCLA não permite que as duas atividades sejam exercidas no mesmo local.
Então o que vemos é o pessoal da hidroginástica com os da hidroterapia, tudo junto. Acho um absurdo e a falta de fiscalização é terrível.
Novamente comentando equivocadamente (agora com um nome diferente de "anônimo"). O CREFITO não precisa da sua aprovação para legislar, aliás, a Fisioterapia não precisa da sua aprovação para nada. Concentre-se na sua insignificância.
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Acredito que deva também voltar ao segundo grau para aprender interpretação de texto pois em momento algum eu disse que o CREFITO necessita da minha aprovação.
Profissionais como o senhor não soma nada à sua classe profissional, sinto muito pelos outros fisioterapeutas, os que realmente ajudam e muito na reabiitação dos meus pacientes. Já o senhor...
Realmente agora entendo porque existe um projeto de lei que exigirá que fisioterapeutas fiquem atrelados aos médicos, talvez por causa de pessoas como o senhor que tem o ego enorme e a capacidade de raciocínio tão limitada.
Devo salientar que não quis colocar anônimo, como fiz uma observação posterior, acreditei ter logado imediatamente.
Faça um cursinho de português e não me chame de "Cara" porque hipocrisia é uma coisa tão feia, não é mesmo?
Onde foi mesmo que o sr. fez seu mestrado e doutorado??