Thinking shift on health systems: From blueprint health programmes towards resilience of health systems: 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 5, 2015, Pages 307-309

  Blanchet, Karl ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Complexity; Equilibrium; Resilience; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THINKING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 85002410769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.49     Document Type: Note

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