Complex systems and human complexity in medicine

Complexus

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-6

  Strand, Roger ^a   Rortveit, Guri ^a   Schei, Edvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Medical philosophy; Metaphor; Non linear dynamics; Quality of life; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; EGO DEVELOPMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LITERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 28844439286     PISSN: 14248492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087849     Document Type: Article

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