--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Also extended to others here, if they happen to be > able to help. > > I'm assisting with a book on health literacy, which > is a fascinating topic. How do you instruct people > who can't read how to read the label on a medicine > bottle? How do you help a mother to tell when her > child is sick when she can't read a thermometer, or > when she doesn't know what the various numbers mean, > and doesn't know what you're talking about when you > ask, "Is the child's stomach distended?" To explain > the extent of the problem, the World Health Organ- > ization estimates that over 50% of people worldwide > have difficulty understanding basic instructions about > dietary restrictions, or what medicines to take and > how often, etc.
"Every mother should learn puls-diagnosis" -Maharishi
