Managing the care of health and the cure of disease--Part I: Differentiation.
The clinical methods used in health care and disease cure are easily understood. Yet when combined into institutions and broadened into social systems, the management of them becomes surprisingly convoluted. Part I of this article presents a framework to help understand how this happens.
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Kunin-Lunefeld Applied Research Unit, Toronto, Ontario. sholom@interlog.com
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