Sustainability at the Edge of Chaos: Its Limits and Possibilities in Public Health
Joint Authors
Hudson, Christopher G.
Vissing, Yvonne M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper critically reviews the expanding literature on applications of sustainability to healthcare policy and planning.
It argues that the concept has been overgeneralized and has become a buzzword masking disparate agendas.
It ignores the insights of the newest generation of systems theory on complex systems on the ubiquity of far-from-equilibrium conditions.
Yet, a central meaning often ascribed to sustainability is the level continuation of healthcare programs and their institutionalization.
Sustainability is only coherent in health care when it is more narrowly delimited to involve public health and treated as only one of several evaluative criteria that informs not only the continuation of programs but more often their expansion or contraction as needs dynamically change.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hudson, Christopher G.& Vissing, Yvonne M.. 2013. Sustainability at the Edge of Chaos: Its Limits and Possibilities in Public Health. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005148
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hudson, Christopher G.& Vissing, Yvonne M.. Sustainability at the Edge of Chaos: Its Limits and Possibilities in Public Health. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005148
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hudson, Christopher G.& Vissing, Yvonne M.. Sustainability at the Edge of Chaos: Its Limits and Possibilities in Public Health. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005148
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1005148