Systems and Complexity Thinking in the General Practice Literature: An Integrative, Historical Narrative Review

• Published in: Annals of family medicine Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 66 - 74
• Main Authors: Sturmberg, Joachim P., Martin, Carmel M., Katerndahl, David A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2014; American Academy of Family Physicians
• Subjects: complex adaptive systems; family medicine; Family Practice - trends; general practice; General Practice - trends; historical review; Humans; integrative review; Internal Medicine; Nonlinear Dynamics; philosophy of general practice; philosophy of medicine; Research - trends; Systematic Reviews; Systems Biology; Systems Theory; systems biology; complex adaptive systems; philosophy of general practice; systems theory; general practice; historical review; philosophy of medicine; family medicine; nonlinear dynamics; integrative review

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. We performed a historical integrative review using the following systematic search...