Table of contents (51 chapters)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

   Download PDF (161KB)

2. Complexity Theory and Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

      Download PDF (58KB)

   2. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 27-38

      Understanding Complex Systems

      • Paul Cilliers
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   3. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 39-62

      The Complex Nature of Knowledge

      • Joachim P. Sturmberg,
      • Andrew Miles
      • … show all 2 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   4. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 63-80

      Mathematical Principles: Tales of Tails

      • Bruce J. West
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   5. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 81-111

      Modelling

      • Joachim P. Sturmberg,
      • Leonid Churilov,
      • Geoff McDonnell
      • … show all 3 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   6. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 113-125

      A Methodology for the Analysis of Medical Data

      • A. Tsanas,
      • M. A. Little,
      • P. E. McSharry
      • … show all 3 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   7. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 127-146

      Psychological Rhythmicities

      • Eric E. Hessler,
      • Patrick H. Finan,
      • Polemnia G. Amazeen
      • … show all 3 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   8. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 147-156

      Modeling Illness and Recovery with Nonlinear Dynamics

      • Stephen J. Guastello
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

3. Dynamics in Human Health

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

      Download PDF (41KB)

   2. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 159-170

      Homeostasis: The Dynamic Self-Regulatory Process that Maintains Health and Buffers Against Disease

      • George E. Billman Ph.D., F.A.H.A., F.H.R.S.
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   3. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 171-192

      Fractals in Physiology and Medicine

      • Joachim P. Sturmberg,
      • Bruce J. West
      • … show all 2 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   4. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 193-208

      Bio-Complexity: Challenging Reductionism

      • Henry H. Q. Heng
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

4. Concepts of Health

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209

      Download PDF (41KB)

   2. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 211-216

      Trying to Make Sense of Health

      • Stephen Lewis B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   3. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 217-230

      Picture Health

      • Stefan Topolski
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   4. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 231-242

      Health: A Personal Complex-Adaptive State

      • Joachim P. Sturmberg
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   5. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 243-250

      Understanding Health By Building Better Bio-Medical Models

      • Stephen Lewis B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   6. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 251-253

      Health: A Systems- and Complexity-Based Definition

      • Joachim P. Sturmberg,
      • Stefan Topolski,
      • Stephen Lewis
      • … show all 3 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

5. Clinical Application

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255

      Download PDF (41KB)

   2. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 257-277

      Complexities of the Consultation

      • John G. Scott M.D., Ph.D.
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   3. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 279-299

      Inflammation Through a Psychoneuroimmunological Lens

      • Jeanette M. Bennett,
      • Brandon L. Gillie,
      • Monica E. Lindgren,
      • Christopher P. Fagundes
      • … show all 5 hide
      Look Inside Get Access

   4. 

      Book Chapter

      Pages 301-316

      Diabetes Control: Insights from Complexity Science

      • Tim A. Holt PhD, MRCP, FRCGP
      • … show all 1 hide
      Look Inside Get Access