I'm not sure if Menzies is on line but her books will be available from
Amazon's second hand section, I would think. look for: "The dynamics of the
social" and "containing anxiety in Institutions"
Yours
Terry

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From: Complexity and chaos theories applied to primary medical and social
care [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark
Waters
Sent: 06 February 2006 09:38
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Subject: Re: Complexity and risk - working live in our professional
practice.


Thanks Gregor - I like that approach.

For me the most telling message from "Experiencing risk" has been the 
personal one. My own attempts at influencing organisations have met with 
mixed success (usually initial enthusiasm, and diminishing returns) - and so

"think global, act local" seems to apply here.

I like the idea of identifying the context (or backdrop, as you say) and 
experience the present local relationships as fully as possible and as 
creatively as possible.

Mark


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From: "ceri" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Complexity and risk - working live in our professional 
practice.


> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>  Fortunately, general practitioners have been excluded from this 
>> nonsense
>> but the key question is how can those that work in the NHS ever hope to 
>> break out of this Kafka-esk nightmare?
> By treating the 2 and a half pounds of knowledge and skills framework 
> as
> the scenery, the professional backdrop for acts and feats of 
> improvisation, not the script itself?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gregor Samsa II