- Title
- The complex nature of knowledge
- Creator
- Sturmberg, Joachim P.; Miles, Andrew
- Relation
- Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health p. 39-62
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0_4
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- These three aphorisms describe the conundrum of knowledge-it clearly is not a straightforward concept. Nevertheless, the medical enterprise has invented a stamp of 'unquestionable knowledge', namely that based on evidence, and in particular that one derived from the randomised controlled trial and/or meta-analysis. In this chapter, we will outline some of the conceptual issues underlying the notion of knowledge, offer a complexity based understanding of knowledge, and highlight some of the implications of a complex understanding of knowledge for the practice of medicine.
- Subject
- knowledge; medicine; understanding; complexity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1342638
- Identifier
- uon:28999
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781461449973
- Language
- eng
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