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La medicina rappresenta la disciplina nella quale il concetto di complessità è all’ordine del giorno. Molte delle malattie croniche degenerative che sono prevalenti nel-I’età avanzata presentano caratteristiche particolari, tali da renderle definibili appunto “complesse”. Molto complessa è anche la relazione tra salute e cultura. Ma cosa vuole dire complesso? E quali implicazioni filosofiche questo concetto introduce?
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Grossi, E. (2013). Teoria della complessità applicata all’interazione tra cultura e salute. In: Grossi, E., Ravagnan, A. (eds) Cultura e salute. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2781-7_2
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