Ever seen prescriptions given by Doctor in good/readable hand writing.
By CSHINE
@SHAMRACK (8576)
India
June 11, 2012 1:39am CST
I feel doctors do not have bad handwriting, they just choose to write badly. This is not a conscious decision to confuse people, but an unintentional consequence of viewing other things as more important or urgent in the moment. These are the same people who have developed fine skills in surgical procedures and surgeries. They can move a pen and write well. May be those patient waiting could much more important rather putting all energy into diagnosis and treatment concerns into a paper.
It would be much important the pharmacist and other health care professionals understand orders, prescriptions and notes of Doctors. But when practical comes Doctors would be those most needed as life savers. 
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11 responses
@redvakaurvaki (4217)
• Indonesia
11 Jun 12
so far I never find any prescriptions from Doctor which is easy to read.agree that they choose write it badly so common people can't ready it correctly and the aim is avoid any kind of prescription abuse. but in other side, sometimes it make us confuse to identify the diagnose and the right medicine. for example, in prescription there are 3 kind of medicine with different portion of usage, three hours later I forget which one medicine which 3x a day and which one to consume 1x a day
@redvakaurvaki (4217)
• Indonesia
13 Jun 12
of course, that's right. medicine required correct portion of usage based on diagnose, so that's the reason why they don't want to take a risk by making readable prescription. We really have to listen carefully what doctor said when he tell us about the usage of prescription. sometimes my confused was arised since my own fault which didn't listen them well
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
12 Jun 12
Doctors' handwriting is usually hard to recognize. You have to read carefully enough to understand it, but sometimes however carefully you read, you still won't understand it. I am wondering whether they are trained to write so when they are studying at medical college or university. Or maybe the doctors find it easier to write this way. lol
@jazel_juan (15745)
• Philippines
12 Jun 12
i do know a doctor with a good heart and a good penmanship - our pediatrician lol he can write well and is readable .phew!
@whatrow (792)
• United States
11 Jun 12
I asked a pharmacist about that once. He said it is really not as bad as it looks. The prescription is, like, written in code. It is a message between the doctor and the pharmacist. It is deliberately disguised because they don't want the patient to be able to read it.
@hemanth143 (147)
• India
12 Jun 12
I think we can't able to understand the medical preception written by doctor. However the doctor's handwriting is good, some of the prescriptions written by doctors can only understand by medical stores.
@nagatron123456 (888)
• Philippines
19 Jun 12
There are still doctors who give readable prescriptions but most of them are not. In my experience, most doctors who give readable prescriptions are female doctors. This is as far as I noticed.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
11 Jun 12
I have always said that doctors to be have a course in first grade of medical school to learn how to write badly. It`s a shame! There`s no need to write badly as all of us (including doctors) had to learn how to write decently in primary schools.
@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
11 Jun 12
Yah I do.
My kids pedia have a good handwriting and you can actually read what she have written.
Although most doctors write/wrote prescription as thu they do not know how to write- but I knew few doctors who have good handwriting and wrote readable prescription as well.
