A simple guide to chaos and complexity

被引：227
作者：
Rickles, Dean [1 ]
Hawe, Penelope
Shiell, Alan
机构：
[1] Univ Calgary, Dept Philosophy, Calgary, AB, Canada
[2] Univ Calgary, Markin Inst, Calgary, AB, Canada
来源：
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH | 2007年 / 61卷 / 11期
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D O I：
10.1136/jech.2006.054254
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
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.
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