Systems thinking

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-310

  Cabrera, Derek ^a,b,c   Colosi, Laura ^a   Lobdell, Claire ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ThinkWorks   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept ecology; DSRP; Patterns of thinking; Systems evaluation; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THINKING;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 46049111042     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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