Working With Value Complexity in Healthcare

Lieke Oldenhof, Violet Petit-Steeghs, Rik Wehrens, Sander van Haperen, Marjolijn Heerings, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Qualitative Health Research

Published online on April 11, 2025

Abstract

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In this paper, we argue for a rethinking of complexity in healthcare in terms of value complexity. Although widely adopted in healthcare, the positivist roots of complexity theory have thus far limited its applicability to understand the wicked nature of ...