ORS is never enough: Physician rationales for altering standard treatment guidelines when managing childhood diarrhoea in Thailand

• Main Authors: Nopporn Howteerakul, Nick Higginbotham, Sonia Freeman, Michael J. Dibley
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/20665

This study explores Thai physicians' rationales about their prescribing practices for treating childhood diarrhoea within the public hospital system in central Thailand. Presented first are findings of a prospective clinical audit and observations of 424 cases treated by 38 physicians used to e...