Actually, I was the one who mentioned Frist, not Mrs. M.. During the Terri Sciavo national embarrassment Frist watched an edited video of her and proclaimed he believed she could recuperate. After a small army of experts who had actually SEEN the woman had said she was well beyond any help at all he then said he made that statement as "a senator and not a doctor" (not an exact quote). It's nice that you can say something so outrageously stupid and unprofessional in the first place and THEN imply he could make long distance medical diagnoses, only as a senator and NOT a doctor. After that, even with his solid past reputation and credentials, I have to say no, I do NOT think he is a "real" doctor. At least not a competant one anyway.