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Illegible handwriting in medical records — Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

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Key
rodriguezvera2002illegible-records
Authors
Rodríguez-Vera, F. Javier; Marín, Y.; Sánchez, A.; Borrachero, C.; Pujol, E.
Issued
2002-11
Type
article-journal
Container
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Volume
95
Issue
11
Pages
545-546
Raw CSL JSON
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  "DOI": "10.1177/014107680209501105",
  "URL": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1279250/",
  "page": "545-546",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "issue": "11",
  "title": "Illegible handwriting in medical records",
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    {
      "given": "C.",
      "family": "Borrachero"
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      "given": "E.",
      "family": "Pujol"
    }
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  "issued": {
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      [
        2002,
        11
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Claims

  1. Of 117 case notes sampled at a Spanish general hospital, 18 (15%) were so illegible that their meaning was unclear, with surgical departments faring worse than medical departments.
    "117 case notes were examined and 18 (15%) were scored 1 or 2—i.e. they were so illegible that the meaning was unclear."
    Quote language: en
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