Well, you have your medical doctors...who vary from the excellent to the downright incompetent or even criminal....

And you have your naturopaths and alternative healers...who vary from the excellent to the downright incompetent or even criminal....

That means you have to judge any specific medical practitioner on his own qualities rather than on the piece of paper he has framed on the wall.

The personal testimonials of people you actually know who've gone to the doctor or naturopath in question can often be your best initial source of information...and then you must rely on your own direct observations of the practitioner. Point being, I judge them all as unique individuals, I don't judge them on the basis of the diploma they graduated with, or the title the system has conferred upon them.