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When Little Things Add Up: Harnessing Emergence Theory to Decode Complexity in Geriatric Care

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Geriatric patients function as complex systems shaped by biological, psychological, functional, and social factors, generating new emergent properties of non-linear change, self-organization, phase transitions, and path dependence that produce clinical states guiding dynamic assessment, early detection, and cross-domain care.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70239

Authors: Anna Maria Izquierdo‐Porrera, Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, John D. Sorkin

Institutions: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore VA Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Frailty in Older Adults

Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,760