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Review
. 2001 Sep 22;323(7314):685-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7314.685.

Complexity science: complexity and clinical care

T Wilson  1 , T Holt, T Greenhalgh
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Review

Complexity science: complexity and clinical care

T Wilson et al. BMJ. .

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  • BMJ 2001 Oct 27;323(7319):993
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Figure 1
Extract from monitoring diary of man with type 1 diabetes
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Certainty-agreement diagram after Stacey and Zimmerman
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