Time to shift from systems thinking-talking to systems thinking-action: Comment on “constraints to applying systems thinking concepts in health systems: A regional perspective from surveying stakeholders in eastern mediterranean countries”

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 245-247

  Holmes, Bev J ^a,b,c   Noel, Kevin ^d  

^a Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d InSource Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Knowledge to action; Knowledge translation (KT); Strategic communications; Systems thinking (ST)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002142060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.38     Document Type: Note

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