allopathic vs osteopathic

[Lemonada8]

What, as a patient, do you look for in a doctor?

What are yall's views on the differences between the 2?

any prejudices, opinions, thoughts as a patient to one of these docs?

*kinda dont know how to ask what im lookin for, but ill prolly figure it out after some convo on this topic.. .

[Times Roman]

damn dude! i dont even know what the hell those words mean?

....now I gotta go look em up

[Times Roman]

Ok... i get it now. Naw dude. I'm not a big believer in all that mind/body/spirit crap. I mean, some of that fringe stuff may have some value. But I think alot of it is BS. Happier people seem to be healthier. This is true. But on the "spirit" leg of the tripod, I think some of it is pretty shaky. There are a lot of quacks out there trying to part you from your money, and this is a way in for them....

http://gradschool.about.com/od/medic.../osteoallo.htm

[Times Roman]

for example, categories I call quackery:

Aura reading / cleansing
Crystals
Clearing (as in Dyanetics or Scientology, what ever it's called now)
Praying (as in Christian Science)
Homeopathy (I mean, c'mon.... really??)

and the list goes on and on......

[Lemonada8]

lol that has nothing to do with this :P ^^ and yea thats all dealing with the mind over body aspect... def alot of quackery!!

basically a quick difference is a DO is the same as a MD + chiropractic, they learn manipulation and have more of a whole body approach.

MD's dont learn any manipulation.

Thanks for the response though, seems not many know a difference.

Ok, a different question. U need to go to a doc... is there a difference in preference between say:
Dr Smith DO vs Dr Smith MD?

[Times Roman]

everything else being the same? I say no.

but even chiropractice, some would argue, is not a hard science

[Lemonada8]

i guess its good to see noone has a preference between the 2..