Resource Details
| Resource Name: | A simple guide to chaos and complexity |
| Link URL: | click to view: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2465602/ |
| Resource Type: | Peer-reviewed publication |
| Short Desc: | The concepts of complexity and chaos are being invoked with increasing frequency in the health sciences literature. However, the concepts underpinning these concepts are foreign to many health scientists and there is some looseness in how they have been translated from their origins in mathematics and physics, which is leading to confusion and error in their application. Nonetheless, used carefully, “complexity science” has the potential to invigorate many areas of health science and may lead to important practical outcomes; but if it is to do so, we need the discipline that comes from a proper and responsible usage of its concepts. Hopefully, this glossary will go some way towards achieving that objective. |
| Resource Date: | 01-Nov-07 |
| Contact Person: | Eric Sarriot |
| Contact Email: | Eric.Sarriot@icfi.com |
| Related Topics: |
Track 3: Complex Systems Complexity |