Trying to make sense of health

Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 211-216

  Lewis, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922990155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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