Multimorbidity—A manifestation of network disturbances? How to investigate? How to treat?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 193-198

  Miles, Andrew ^a   Asbridge, Jonathan Elliott ^b  

^a European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^b European Society for Person Centered Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complex adaptive systems; disease; European Society for Person Centered Healthcare; illness; multimorbidity; network disturbances; omics; person centered health care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MEIKIRCH MODEL; MULTIMORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS;

EID: 85013773224     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12723     Document Type: Editorial

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