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Research and Theory The meaning of integrated care: a systems approach
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| Abstract | Introduction: Organizations can be regarded as systems. The traditional model of systems views them as machines. This seems to be insufficient when it comes to understanding and organizing complex tasks. To better understand integrated care we should approach organizations as constantly changing living organisms, where many agents are interconnected in so-called Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). Theory and discussion: The term “complex ” emphasizes that the necessary competence to perform a task is not owned by any one part, but comes as a result of co-operation within the system. “Adaptive ” means that system change occurs through successive adaptations. A CAS |
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| Subject Keyword | Integrated Care Traditional Model Successive Adaptation So-called Complex Adaptive System Necessary Competence Many Agent Complex Task System View System Approach System Change |
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