Healthcare reform: The need for a complex adaptive systems approach

Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 827-853

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a,b   O'Halloran, Di ^c   Martin, Carmel M ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Department of General Practice ^*  (Australia)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 85015886368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0_47     Document Type: Chapter

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