I think Dr. Leca has a valid point and I know it's been addressed before. I think there was some pretty good discussion about this on a former thread, but it was also dotted with the the very common reply that aims at the motivations behind the question, not the actual question. I wondered this even when I had no idea I was going to be a pharmacist. I wonder if the prestige follows the name "doctor" or the job of a physician. Prestige seems to follow the adjective use and not the noun use. What does adding the word doctor actually denote? I have grown up calling a DDS, a dentist; an MD, a doctor; an OD,an eye doctor; and a Pharm D., a pharmacist. I never thought much about Ph D.'s growing up, but they aren't usually called doctors, but whatever their specific concentration was. It's when you get to using the word doctor as an adjective describing the pro noun that it gets even more interesting (forgive me if my parts of speech are wrong, I'm guessing). Growing up, all of the people behind these degrees I referred to as Dr. ___, except the pharmacist. I'm guessing, but I think pharmacy is the latest one to make the doctoral degree mandatory. This may be why pharmacists are not given the Doctor term as an adjective or as part of their name. The public is not aware of the education needed so they don't give that term to them. This might change as the years go by, maybe not. That's my best guess. Hope this helps.
