Michael Dirda - Michael Dirda on 'Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting' by Kitty Burns Florey - washingtonpost.com: "As Kitty Burns Florey points out in her highly enjoyable Script and Scribble, clear and readable handwriting does matter: 'The TV drama ER often tackles the issue: in one 2007 episode, Dr. Izzie Stevens tells the interns she's supervising, 'Penmanship saves lives! Is that a 7, or is that a 9? If I have to ask myself that in the middle of an emergency, your patient is dead. You killed him. With your handwriting. Think about that!' '"
Hat tip to Rusty Burke.
2 comments:
The death knell continues for cursive writing...
There's something to be said about handwriting as a personal code. But, when I wrote in medical charts, insurance clerks had to be able to read my notes or no pay.
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