TY - BOOK
T1 - Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health
AU - Sturmberg, Joachim P.
AU - Martin, Carmel M.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections build on the health applications of systems science theory, from human physiology to medical decision making, population health and health services research. The aim of the book is to introduce and expand on important population health issues from a systems and complexity perspective, highlight current research developments and their implications for health care delivery, consider their ethical implications, and to suggest directions for and potential pitfalls in the future.
AB - This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections build on the health applications of systems science theory, from human physiology to medical decision making, population health and health services research. The aim of the book is to introduce and expand on important population health issues from a systems and complexity perspective, highlight current research developments and their implications for health care delivery, consider their ethical implications, and to suggest directions for and potential pitfalls in the future.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892776621&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0
M3 - Edited Book
AN - SCOPUS:84892776621
SN - 9781461449973
BT - Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health
PB - Springer
ER -
