Complexity and health - Yesterday's traditions, tomorrow's future

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 543-548

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a,b,d   Martin, Carmel M ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Health; Health experience; Health systems; Philosopy of medicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 66249114024     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01163.x     Document Type: Review

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