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myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people3 years ago

I really don't understand why doctors write in a way that we could not understand.

Why do they write like this?


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1. myLot reputation of 85/100. padu19 (497)   ranked 739 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

hey argie..
i had been having this doubt since my childhood..
when my parents ever used to say that i have to improve my handwriting i used to say i am going to become a doctor and that's why am preparing for that..
anyway, coming to the question, i think they do that to prevent us from knowing the correct diagnosis and medicines that they have prescribed.. only then we will visit the doctor often for further check-ups and medication.. [lol]


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

Sometimes I wonder if they do it intentionally. So you can say that they are real doctors.


myLot reputation of 83/100. rafcore182 (536)   ranked 1,888 out of 35,380 in people  1 year ago

Hey! argie, They do it in purpose so we can have a headache and try to ask them again that "Is their a medication for a severe headache??"hehehe


myLot reputation of 79/100. pau_79 (507)   ranked 9,374 out of 35,380 in people  1 year ago

funny points you got there lol

but I dont believe all of them write ugly or scrawl -my kids pediatrician writes legibly and I can read it clearly maybe most of them just write in a hurry to get to the next patient coz he knows the pharmacist knows what medicine he is referring to lol

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2. myLot reputation of 98/100. tredale (708)   ranked 703 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

I believe because this way if they dont know what they are talking about nor do you.lol After working with a number of doctors they have had to do so much writing to get were they are that by the time they take on there own patience they cant be bothered writing neatly. Or they just think your a number and want to move on to the next patient. So they can buy there BMWs lol.


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

LOL. They are always in a hurry that is why they have bad handwriting?


myLot reputation of 98/100. tredale (708)   ranked 703 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

Thankyou argie for best response it was a great discussion topic.


myLot reputation of 92/100. anaknitatay (783)   ranked 5,482 out of 35,380 in people  2 years ago

Hi, I'm a doctor and I agrre with this presumption. During med school we are given so much information that we have to take in in so little time that when we take notes we have to write very very fast to catch up.

I even tried to invent a private short hand but it well, came up short (lol)

but in fairness there are doctors there with nice handwriting I remember having a classmate ones that her handwriting was so clear we unofficially appointed her the class secretary. Everytime a class ends we would all make photocopies of her notes!

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3. myLot reputation of 93/100. bhawnam (614)   ranked 1,631 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

doctors do have a bad handwriting but not all of them.. my two cousins are doctors but both of them have a fantastic handwriting.. generally what i feel is doctors have to study a lot.. learn a lot and they do this by writing so that it is there for ever in their mind..( it is a proven fact that if you write something you tend to remember it ) and so they write a lot and with a gr8 speed so that they cover the entire course in time.. maybe thats why their handwriting gets distorted in the way...:)


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

Might be. I know a doctor that has a good handwriting. But when he writes in prescriptions the handwriting is bad.

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. sigma77 (4282)   ranked 4,491 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

I think it has something to do with doctors always being in a hurry. They never seem to run out of paitents. So they scribble as fast as they can to save time. I have never seen any doctor's writing that I could completely understand. Many people with poor handwriting make good doctors...lol.


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

Yeah. But even if you were the last patient for the day he would still write the same.


myLot reputation of 99/100. sigma77 (4282)   ranked 4,491 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

You are right.

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5. myLot reputation of 93/100. charlene2350 (4850)   ranked 902 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

They know how to write, they do write fast so it isn't so easy to forge a prescription. When I was in nursing school my hand writing became a scrawl because I was having to write so fast to keep up with my note taking. It becomes a skill actually.

Now many doctors have their nurses write the scripts and they also have a stamp signature for the doc's signature. It makes it easier for the doc.

I used to think they took a course in how to write that way, but I think it just comes natural... it did for me.


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

It might be that doctors cannot memorize the exact spelling of some generic names. That is why they write it that way so that you would not notice that it is misspelled.


myLot reputation of 99/100. sigma77 (4282)   ranked 4,491 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

That makes sense to me. Who could ever forge that kind of writing? lol.

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6. myLot reputation of 96/100. tigerdragon (2993)   ranked 5,232 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

doctors are not the only one's who has bad handwritings, most of us do.it so happens that the doctors became epitome of the curse.they usually have bad handwritings because they have a lot of things in their minds and calligraphy is not one of them.People who has a lot to thing about usually suffers from this syndrome and today there are a lot of people who has it because of the current technology being used in communicating.there are only a few people nowadays who writes letters so they do not have the practice of fine tuning their handwriting.so, let's not just point our finger only to the doctors.try looking at some architects.


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

Yeah. It's true that we don't write that much now. But doctors have bad handwritings even before.

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7. myLot reputation of 98/100. mihimolly (4889)   ranked 128 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

I imagine it is because they want to get the interview over in a hurry to get on to the next patient and so write much too fast which becomes messy and unintelligible.
My son has terrible writing when he tries to write quickly.
Mine is still readable but then I write quite quickly anyway.


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

Yes they write in a hurry. That's why their handwriting looks bad.

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8. myLot reputation of 85/100. porkpie182 (176)   ranked 5,567 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

i believe its to do with the language that doctors are instructed to use with dealing with medicines, most doctors learn most medical terms, medicines, vacines in Latin dont ask why its just the way it is and the hand writing is ho doctors write in latin its kind of like a font but hand written, if you take a doctors note to another doctor i bet my house on it they can read it


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

They could read it of course. They know how to write in that way.

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9. myLot reputation of 96/100. subrecary (4900)   ranked 514 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

Eheeeeee...you really have a good question...I really don't know but I get wonder too.Maybe because no body can steal their writing.


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

That's quite a unique answer you got there. So that no one could understand what they really write.

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10. myLot reputation of 87/100. Dan_ul (582)   ranked 1,596 out of 35,380 in people   3 years ago

In my country if you want to become a doctor you have to follow 6 years at the University. And in 6 years they have to learn a lot, i mean very very much... and having to learn so much they neglect the writing or they are trying to write as much as possible in short amount of time...
so probably that's why the writing is so ugly... it's like a code between doctors:)


myLot reputation of 90/100. argie713 (709)   ranked 691 out of 35,380 in people  3 years ago

True. My boyfriend is taking up medicine too. His handwriting is still good, for now.

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