[ransomnote]

Someone who organizes medical services for low or no income families explained that the term “provider” is used to be inclusive of alternative staff who are going to play an increasing role in medical care. Translated that means it is going to be harder to see a doctor and people will more often be seen or treated by nurses or Physician’s Assistants so the software used in clinics is designed to refer to “Providers” instead of “doctors”.

[Maurice Tift]

   That makes sense to me. They use a generalized term to muddy the language. The words "doctor" and "nurse" just sound better to me. Schools have "media" centers, but I call them libraries because "media" makes me think of something in a petri dish. When I hear the word "gender," I think of Spanish phrases like "El carro" and "La leche."

  Someone out there is trying to ruin the language.