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While it has become fashionable in the arena of international health to think about health systems, the theoretical underpinning of Niklas Luhmann's vast and productive theory has been given too little consideration in the field. It is rich in concepts that can facilitate a fuller understanding of what health systems are. João Costa applies these concepts and shows the analytical possibilities they open up. He argues concisely how Luhmann's Social Systems Theory offers an integrated theoretical body as well as a consistent articulation of concepts that can lay the groundwork for a vastly improved health systems thinking.
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Keywords
- health systems
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Health Systems Thinking
- Illness & addiction: social aspects
- Introduction
- Medical Sociology
- medicine
- Medicine: General Issues
- Niklas Luhmann
- Public Health
- Social issues & processes
- social relations
- Social systems
- Social Theory
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- Sociological Theory
- Sociology
- Sociology & anthropology
- Sociology of Medicine
- systems theory
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFN Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBA Social theory
- thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBS Medical sociology
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DOI: 10.14361/9783839466933Editions