Naturopathic Doctors Illegally Calling Themselves ‘Physicians’

By Rick Sallinger
DENVER (CBS4) – The death of Sean Flanagan in 2003 touched off a storm. Ill with cancer, he received treatment from a man who called himself a naturopathic doctor practicing in Wheat Ridge.
Sean Flanagan (credit: CBS)
Sean’s father David Flanagan told CBS4’S Rick Sallinger three years later about his dismay.
David Flanagan (credit: CBS)
“We’ve got people like Brian O’Connell who can claim to be a doctor and use the word, put it on his scrubs,