“Returning to Holism”: An Imperative for the Twenty-First Century

The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 3-19

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex Adaptive System; Complexity Science; Methodological Holism; Methodological Reductionism; Primary Care Encounter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85149080011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26221-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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