Complexity in medicine and healthcare: People and systems, theory and practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-410

  Miles, Andrew ^a  

^a Department of Public Health Education and Policy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Complexity; Complexity science; Complexity thinking; Dynamics; Evidence based medicine; Linearity; Non linearity; Phenomenology; Quality of care; Reductionism; Simplicity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 66249087280     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01204.x     Document Type: Editorial

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