Oral rehydration therapy--qualitative studies of balance between pragmatism and scientific rigour in managing diarrhoea
Ueli, B.
Social Science and Medicine 36(4): 525-531
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0277-9536 PMID: 8434276 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90413-xDocument Number: 324130
In the experience of the author, oral rehydration therapy has proven effective at home, in the ambulatory and in the institutional care setting. A series of anecdotal reports on the successful use of oral rehydration on refugees, in famine and poverty, on medical students, prisoners, and the well-off people of western countries, is presented. The essential principles of oral rehydration are identified and we show how these can be adapted to a particular health care setting. A clear understanding of local attitudes and beliefs about diarrhoea is essential to professional health workers if they are to act as agents of change.
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