The application of systems thinking in health: Why use systems thinking?

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Peters, David H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Complexity; Methods; Systems thinking; Theory; Tools

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; THINKING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84907276115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-51     Document Type: Note

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