| Complexity and Medicine: The Elephant in the Waiting Room Contributor(s): Alexander, Michael (Other), Alexander, Colin James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1907284567 ISBN-13: 9781907284564 Publisher: Nottingham University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Preventive Medicine - Medical | Education & Training |
| Dewey: 610.1 |
| Physical Information: 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thorough and unique, this record focuses on developing strategies for the prevention of noninfectious diseases. Discussing a number of ailments--including, coronary heart disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, asthma, and varicose veins--this meticulous account utilizes chaos theory and complexity theory to form hypotheses about the causes of these nonlinear diseases and argues that medicine has previously failed in applying these theories. |