If you see an NP or a PA, is 'doctor' the correct title to give them? They're not full fledged doctors but what else would you call them?
No. Call them by their first name or Mr./Ms, same as they call you.
On a somewhat related note, I had an e-mail exchange with a NYT reporter regarding their use of the Doctor title. I was told that their editorial policy is to use it only for medical doctors, not PhDs and other doctoral degree holders. When I asked why that didn't apply to the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., or Kavenaugh accuser psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford, she got real testy and refused to discuss it any further.
Paul
