“A typical day at work will invariably find me hunched over a piece of paper, staring at a jumble of illegible loops and lines, trying to figure out what on earth five loops and a squiggle is supposed to convey to the reader.
No, I am not a handwriting analyst, a historian of ancient writing, or a translator of foreign languages. I am a medical student, simply trying to read the paper progress note of another physician or resident in attempt to figure out what happened to my patient during his visit two months ago.”
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Jessica McAfee, Demokracy, 9 December 2009
