>Terry,
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>If physicians (in the English sense- i.e. medical discipline specialists as opposed to surgical) are referring to themselves as "Mr" then it sounds to me like the latest example of "surgeon envy".

John

You seem to know a lot about the medical profession, and in other countries. Were/are you in the field yourself?

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>However, the sort of people who are gossiping about their doctor are more likely to be talking about facelifts and/or augmentation/reduction of various prominent bits than their raised blood sugar.

Not the type you hear chin-wagging on buses. And if they had been, judging by the ones I've seen/heard, well their procedures hadn't worked! :-)

I used to be a trainee radiographer, and I coulda sworn the radiologists were "misters". I may be wrong.