Legibility of doctors' handwriting: Quantitative comparative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7162, 1998, Pages 863-864

  Lyons, Ronan ^a   Payne, Christopher ^a   McCabe, Michael ^b   Fielder, Colin ^c  

^a Iechyd Morgannwg Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ERROR; HANDWRITING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032569454     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7162.863     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Mullan K. Importance of legible prescriptions. J R Coll Gen Pract 1989;39:347-8.
2. Kelly AM. A study of the content and clarity of general practitioner referral letters to an emegency department. N Z Med J 1993;106:363-4.
3. Cardiff Software. Teleform for Windows. San Marcos, CA: Cardiff Software, 1996.
4. Betwick DM, Winickoff DE. The truth about doctors' handwriting: a prospective study. BMJ 1996;313:1657-8.