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**softy54534** · 07-15-2012, 04:40 AM

Is Dr. James Crawford a layman?

Dr. Crawford is a scientist with a fifty year history of biomedical research.

Originally the term "layman" was used to describe anybody outside of clergy. Let us not get into that.

Webster defines layman as : a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

There you go. Biomedical research is not "medicine". A bio-medical scientist cannot practice medicine or be a member of the American Medical Association.

07-15-2012, 04:40 AM	#34
softy54534 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,457 Senior Member	Is Dr. James Crawford a layman? Dr. Crawford is a scientist with a fifty year history of biomedical research. Originally the term "layman" was used to describe anybody outside of clergy. Let us not get into that. Webster defines layman as : a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine. There you go. Biomedical research is not "medicine". A bio-medical scientist cannot practice medicine or be a member of the American Medical Association.
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