The Value of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Healthcare

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sturmberg, Joachim P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Health administration.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Administration.; Health Care Management.; Primary Care Medicine.

This visionary reframing of health and healthcare uses a complexity science approach to building healthcare systems that are accessible, effective, and prepared for change and challenges. Its holistic map for understanding the human organism emphasizes the interconnectedness of the individual’s phys...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. The foundations of systems and complexity medicine
• 1. Heath and disease as emergent processes
• 2. The technological advances behind systems medicine
• 3. Individualized care – today and tomorrow
• Part II. The complexity of common diseases
• 4. Multi-organ physiology
• 5. Infectious diseases
• 6. Cancer
• 7. Heart disease, diabetes and obesity
• 8. Neurodegenerative diseases
• 9. Multi-morbidity
• Part III. Ethics and Education – the Challenges for Systems-based Medicine
• 10. Learning to cope in a complex adaptive environment
• 11. Regulatory and legal challenges
• 12. Ethical implication of systems medicine
• Part IV. Change in an Adaptive Organization
• 13. The dynamics of change
• 14. Flexible interdisciplinary teams
• 15. Health care – a whole of society perspective.