Multimorbidity: Through a Glass Darkly

The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 121-131

  Martin, Carmel M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Prevalence Female; Reductionistic Care; System Biology; System Medicine; Wide Social Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 85149082404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26221-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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