actually, it's because doctors are not the only people who are legally allowed to prescribe meds... a nurse practitioner may also prescribe meds, and he or she is not actually a doctor...
because free clinics are often staffed mostly by NPs the change makes SOME sense to use a catchall term...
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Date: 2008-01-08 10:40 pm (UTC)because free clinics are often staffed mostly by NPs the change makes SOME sense to use a catchall term...
but the rest of the post is right on :P