Emergent properties define the subjective nature of health and dis-ease

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 414-419

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

complex adaptive systems; dis ease; disease; health; nonlinear dynamics; philosophy of medicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84905060012     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2014.20     Document Type: Review

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