And, then there is legibility in many doctors perscriptions. Such poorly written drug requests often leave pharmacists in doubt as to what is being perscribed. It is as if highly-trained doctors don't ven want to take the time to write important information clearly. Maybe they write in such a lazy manner to piss off pharmacists, or merely to defy their previous English teachers from grade three?
Thankfully, some doctirs now utilize computers to print out typed perscriptions.