A theoretical lens for revealing the complexity of chronic care

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 289-299

  Borgermans, Liesbeth ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^b   Wollersheim, Hub ^c   Vrijhoef, Bert ^d   Devroey, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS;

BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84883167089     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2013.0017     Document Type: Article

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