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Decentring Networks and Networking in Health and Care Services

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Decentring Health and Care Networks

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It is widely proclaimed with live in a networked society, which for many, is made possible through the proliferation of information communication technologies that make possible new and diverse forms of inter-connected social, cultural and economic activity (Castells 2011).

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Bevir, M., Waring, J. (2020). Decentring Networks and Networking in Health and Care Services. In: Bevir, M., Waring, J. (eds) Decentring Health and Care Networks. Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40889-3_1

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