doctor's handwriting
By mikko soller
@kokoks (466)
Philippines
April 15, 2020 12:38am CST
Whenever I get prescription from my doctor I make sure to memorize everything the he said because I can't rely on my his writing.
That's why I'm grateful to secretaries because they write down everything legibly especially with special instructions when it comes to medicines.
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13 responses
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
15 Apr 20
Yes...some of them are really bad with their writing
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@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
15 Apr 20
That's funny! Many doctors are show-offs. The nickname they have in Germany is 'half-Gods in white'. I was a teacher for 40 years. I wrote much, much more by hand than a physician ever does. My handwriting isn't very good but it's always legible.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
15 Apr 20
Too funny!
People say that it is because back in med school, these future doctors have to write real fast to catch up with their lessons so boom... ugly handwriting!
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@babytaffster (2232)
• Chatsworth, California
16 Apr 20
While most doctors seem to have bad handwriting, my psychiatrist has remarkably good handwriting.
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@kokoks (466)
• Philippines
19 Apr 20
I met dostors who caters to those who are poor, they usually write legibly and explain everything while writing it.
@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
21 Apr 20
All doctor are not same... Most write in hurry and write bad
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
15 Apr 20
Oh yep, doctors handwriting=bad could you imagine marking their handwritten GAMSAT test? That'd be an absolute pain.
Sometimes when Bones couldn't read his doctors handwriting he would ask me to see if I knew what it said. Most of the time I could because it was just really hard to read cursive.
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
15 Apr 20
Yes in the Philippines they are like that but here doctors prescribes through computer print and then they will just sign. It`s much easier 
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@aureategloom (9317)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
21 Apr 20
i think most of them write that way just because that's "how doctors write" and also pretty rude to those who have to read their ugly handwriting later.
+ all they need to write (legibly) are like 2-3 words so i really don't know why writing in such hurry.
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@Writingghost (5196)
• United States
15 Apr 20
I was once told they write that way to protect from forgeries and such. I don't remember if the person who told me was a credible source.
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@kokoks (466)
• Philippines
19 Apr 20
yep, that's what I heard. That's why their number should be on the prescription as well, in case the pharmacist won't understand it, they can call them.directly.
