Systems and complexity theory plays critical roles in such varied fields as computer science,
the physical sciences, meteorology, and economics--and yet health care has yet to take full …

‘If it is complex it means we don’t really understand it, and the way forward is to break the
problem down into its parts to make sense of it’. This thought reflects the way we have been …

PURPOSE Over the past 7 decades, theories in the systems and complexity sciences have
had a major influence on academic thinking and research. We assessed the impact of …

Background Everyone wants a sustainable well‐functioning health system. However, this
notion has different meaning to policy makers and funders compared to clinicians and patients. …

Background A growing proportion of people are living with long term conditions. The majority
have more than one. Dealing with multi-morbidity is a complex problem for health systems: …

We argue that ‘multimorbidity’ is the manifestation of interconnected physiological network
processes within an individual in his or her socio‐cultural environment. Networks include …

Siloed or singular system approach to disease management is common practice, developing
out of traditional medical school education. Textbooks of medicine describe a huge number …

In this paper we argue that knowledge in health care is a multidimensional dynamic
construct, in contrast to the prevailing idea of knowledge being an objective state. Polanyi …

Calculus is a method of reasoning by computation of symbols and in medicine this has
traditionally followed the path laid out by the physics of the nineteenth and twentieth century, with …

… The author of this book, Joachim Sturmberg, is one of the … Sturmberg is a remarkable
physician, a family practitioner with … In this capacity, Joachim Sturmberg is clearly a pioneer, an …