Someone needs to put these books online! We want to spread the word don't we

Jon


In a message dated 4/16/2004 8:10:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

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> Please forgive the unsolicited junk mail but the
> second book in the series published under the vague auspices of the Complexity
> in Primary Care Group, is now out.  Many of the members of this list have
> contributed to it.
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> It is entitled "Complexity and healthcare
> organisation - a view from the street".  I added the suffix to
> cover the fact that I am never really quite sure if I know what I am talking
> about but fortunately as a full-time GP, I have the luxury of not having to
> worry about that too much!
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> The book got rather out of control but I
> append a list of chapters and authors for those who may be
> interested.
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> David
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> Complexity and healthcare organisation - a view from the
> street .
>  Radcliffe Medical Press: Abingdon, 2004
> About this book
> Authors details
> Prologue
> Index
> Section I - Getting to Grips with the Basics
> Introduction to section 1 
> 1 Models, metaphors and paradigms: making sense of the world and the road to
> complexity. - David Kernick
> 2 Chaos theory and its relationship to complexity - David Kernick
> 3 An introduction to complexity theory - David Kernick
> Section II - The Spectrum of how we think about
> organisations
> Introduction to section 2 
> 4 An introduction to systems theory - from hard to soft systems thinking in
> the management of complex organisations . John Powell
> 5 Organisations as learning systems - Huw Davies and Sandra Nutley
> 6 Change as a complex responsive process - making sense of organisational
> change in practice - Jo Poole, University of Hertfordshire
> Section III - Complexity Perspectives on health care
> organisation 
> Introduction to section 3 
> 7 Complexity and the development of organisational theory - David Kernick
> 8 The search for the right organisational solution for the NHS - David
> Kernick9 Organisational culture and complexity - David Kernick
> 10 Leadership and change- David Kernick
> Section IV - Facilitating emergence in health care
> organisations
> Introduction to section 4 
> 12 Allocating limited health care resources- David Kernick
> 13 Improving patient access in a large medical practice: a complex and
> complicated system problem - Will Liddell and John Powell
> 14 Agent–based working. A device for systemic dialogue- Sean Boyle and Julian
> Pratt 
> 15 Using the visual arts to facilitate emergence in organisations - Julian
> Burton
> 16 Using the performing arts to facilitate emergence in organisations -
> Marion and Shaun Naidoo 
> Section V - Going on together in organisations: Perspectives on
> health care provision
> Introduction to section 5 
> 17 Progressing clinical governance through complexity: from managing to
> co-creating - Kieran Sweeney
> 18 Skill mix in the NHS - adaptability or efficiency? - David Kernick 
> 19 Adaptation in Action – The NHS Modernisation Agency Critical Care
> Programme - Ceri Brown
> 20 Educating the health care professional for capability - Jim Price
> Section VI - Going on together in organisations: perspectives
> on whole systems 
> Introduction to section 6 
> 21 Social networks in organisations: social capital and health - Tim Wilson
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> 22 Communities of practice - Alasdair Honeyman 
> 23 Imagining Complex Partnerships - Will Medd. 
> Section VII - From theory to action: personal perspectives
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> Introduction to section 7 
> 24 Running an organisation along complexity lines - Peter Fryer
> 25 Whole systems working - this house is for real. Barbara Douglas, Pat
> Gordon, Julian Pratt
> 26 The Piedmont bed control story - Leigh Hamby, Laura Day, Sarah Fraser 
> 27 Developing Social Capital in practice - The Beacon Project. Hazel Stutely
> and Robin Drury
> 28 Using complexity science in community health promotion: novel perspectives
> and a tool for change - V Rambihar
> 29 Applying complexity theory to primary care organisations - Paul Thomas
> 30 Reflections on personal perspectives - Sarah Fraser
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> Dr David KernickSt
> Thomas Health CentreCowick StreetEXETEREX4 1HJTelephone: 
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> 676679Fax: 01392 676677Email: [log in to unmask]
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