2006-07-21 14:38:56 · 23 answers · asked by cgoodspeed24 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
They're taught to write that way to prevent people from commiting fraud by signing their name or writing prescriptions or something. It's not supposed to be easy to duplicate their handwriting. Not to mention, they are rushing from patient to patient.
2006-07-21 14:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by hemmerrocks101 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are busy people. no time to jot down anything other than chicken scratch. Thats why alot of times the doctor signs the slip an the nurse writes out the prescription.
2006-07-21 21:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by ChrissyLicious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctors are very focused on helping as many people as they can. Their writing is usually messy because they would rather spend more time on helping patients and less time on making pretty prescriptions.
I'm most impressed with the pharmacists who seem to be able to decipher anything.
2006-07-21 21:41:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the answer is that they are going from room to room so fast. My Dr. doesn't even write them anymore. A few keystrokes on the his laptop and via the office network the perscription shows up at the pharmacy. It's usually filled before I can even drive over there.
2006-07-21 21:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Larry T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol... my doctor doesn't even speak good enough English. I don't see how he writes in English at all, or even if he IS writing English. What I don't understand is how the prescription fillers can read that stuff. They must have an extra degree in decoding that alone.
2006-07-21 21:41:49 · answer #5 · answered by Becky Jo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of studying is writing. When you do days and weeks and months of writing quickly because you have so much to learn, your writing deteriorates.
I never had neat writing, but it got much much worse in high school because we spent the first 3 weeks of woodworking class scribbling down theory... and I noticed after that my writing was worse.
Nothing more technical than that I'm afraid.
2006-07-21 21:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by lazwatson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like one of the others said, it's so prescriptions can't be forged if someone gets ahold of a prescription pad.
2006-07-21 21:42:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becaus we write the prescriptions so fast.. It's a pharmacists job to do the interrpretation.
2006-07-21 21:41:17 · answer #8 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctors write prescriptions in latin, so that not just anyone can write one.
2006-07-21 21:41:38 · answer #9 · answered by sabre6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is intentional. They do not want to invite copying and unauthorized dispensing of prescription drugs.
2006-07-21 21:43:01 · answer #10 · answered by Robere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋