Does chaos theory have major implications for philosophy of medicine?

Medical Humanities

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-81

  Holm, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036905794     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.28.2.78     Document Type: Article

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