Understanding global health governance as a complex adaptive system

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 593-605

  Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex; Complexity theory; Global health; Governance; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960820380     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441691003762108     Document Type: Article

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