Editing Doctor (title) (section)

====Spain====
The social standing of Doctors in Spain is evidenced by the fact that only [[PhD]] holders, [[Grandees]] and [[Duke]]s can take seat and cover their heads in the presence of the King.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.protocolo.org/gest_web/proto_Seccion.pl?rfID=459&arefid=2871&pag=8 Raíces de las normas y tradiciones del protocolo y ceremonial universitario actual: las universidades del Antiguo Régimen y los actos de colación. Protocolo y Etiqueta]. Protocolo.org. Retrieved on 17 December 2011.</ref>

[[PhD]] Degrees are regulated by Royal Decree (RD 1393–2007),<ref>[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2007/10/30/pdfs/A44037-44048.pdf MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN Y CIENCIA]. 30 October 2007. (PDF, in Spanish) . Retrieved on 17 December 2011.</ref> ''Real Decreto'' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]). They are granted by the university on behalf of the King, and its Diploma has the force of a public document. The Ministry of Science keeps a national database of doctoral theses called TESEO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/teseo/abrirAyuda.do|title= Tesis doctorales: TESEO|language=es|access-date=9 December 2016|website=Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte|publisher=Governors de Espsña}}</ref> Any person who uses the [[Spanish people|Spanish]] title of ''doctor/doctora'' (or ''Dr./Dra.'') without being included in this Government database can be prosecuted for fraud.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} However, the [[Spanish Royal Academy]] recognises that it is used colloquially to describe physicians, even without doctoral degrees, as well as (in the feminine form, ''doctora'', abbreviated ''Dra.'') the wives of doctors (i.e. holders of doctoral degrees) and medics, as well as "women who shine with wisdom and understanding".<ref>{{cite book|url=http://dle.rae.es/?id=E3TMkYQ|title=doctor, ra|publisher=Real Academia Espanola|work=Diccionario de la lengua española|edition=23rd|date=October 2014|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>

Unlike other countries, until recently Spain has registered a comparatively small number of Doctor degree holders, but the tendency is changing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldiario.es/cienciacritica/Doctorado-ciencia-fraude-doctor-medico_6_110648947.html|title=El significado y la importancia de ser doctor|date=14 March 2013 }}</ref> According to the Spanish Statistical Office (INE), less than 5% of MSc degree holders are admitted to PhD programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ine.es/dynt3/inebase/index.htm?type=pcaxis&path=/t14/p225/a2009&file=pcaxis&L=0|title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute)|website=INE}}</ref> This reinforces the prestige that Doctors have historically enjoyed in Spain's society.