AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
Leawood, ks:
Systems and Complexity Thinking in the General Practice Literature: An Integrative, Historical Narrative Review
2Department of Public Health Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
3Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: A/Prof Joachim Sturmberg, PO Box 3010, Wamberal, NSW 2260, Australia, jp.com
Abstract
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 complexity science on general practice/family medicine.
METHODS We performed a historical integrative review using the following systematic search strategy: medical subject heading [humans] combined in turn with the terms complex…
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